Hilbertian Jamison sequences and rigid dynamical systems (Q639521)

This paper is divided into two parts. In the first one, Hilbertian Jamison sequences are studied. We recall that a strictly increasing sequence \((n_k)_{k\geq 0}\) of positive integers is said to be a \textit{Jamison sequence} if, for any separable Banach space \(X\) and any bounded operator \(T\) on \(X\) such that \(\sup_{k\geq 0}||T^{n_k}||<\infty\), the set of eigenvalues of modulus 1 of \(T\) is at most countable. These sequences were completely characterized by \textit{C. Badea} and \textit{S. Grivaux} in [J. Funct. Anal. 246, No. 2, 302--329 (2007; Zbl 1126.47001)]: A Jamison sequence with \(n_0=1\) can be characterized by the existence of a positive real number \(\varepsilon\) such that, for every \(\lambda\in\mathbb{T}\setminus\{1\}\), we have that \(\sup_{k\geq 0}|\lambda^{n_k}-1|\geq \varepsilon\). Replacing Banach by Hilbert spaces, we can define \textit{Hilbertian Jamison sequences}. Both definitions are shown to be equivalent, which is a quite surprising fact. Given a non Jamison sequence, it is shown that it can neither be a Hilbertian Jamison one by constructing a perturbation of a diagonal operator with unimodular coefficients by a weighted backward shift on \(\ell_2\), which is partially power bounded and with uncountably many unimodular eigenvalues. In the second part of this work, the authors study rigidity sequences. Recall that a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers \((n_k)_{k\geq 0}\) is a \textit{rigidity sequence} if there exists a standard Lebesgue probability space \((X,\mathcal{F},\mu)\) and a measure-preserving transformation \(\varphi\) of \((X,\mathcal{F},\mu)\) which is weakly mixing and rigid with respect to \((n_k)_{k\geq 0}\). Such a sequence is characterized by the existence of a continuous probability measure \(\sigma\) on the unit circle \(\mathbb{T}\) such that \[ \int_{\mathbb{T}}|\lambda^{n_k}-1|\,d\sigma(\lambda)\rightarrow 0 \text{ as } k\rightarrow \infty. \] The authors provide several conditions in order to verify whether \((n_k)_{k\geq 0}\) is a rigidity sequence or not. Part of these results have been proved independently by \textit{V. Bergelson}, \textit{A. del Junco}, \textit{M. Lemańczyk} and \textit{J. Rosenblatt} [``Rigidity and non-recurrence along sequences''. Preprint (2011), \url{arXiv:1103.0905}]. Finally, they obtain a complete characterization of topological rigidity and uniform rigidity sequences for linear dynamical systems. They also construct examples of linear dynamical systems which are both weakly mixing in the measure-theoretic sense and uniformly rigid. Such examples let them obtain chaotic operators which are not topologically mixing, see also [\textit{C. Badea} and \textit{S. Grivaux}, Adv. Math. 211, No. 2, 766--793 (2007; Zbl 1123.47006)] for the first examples of this type.