A few remarks on mixing properties of C^*-dynamical systems

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Abstract: We consider strictly ergodic and strictly weak mixing C∗-dynamical systems. We prove that the system is strictly weak mixing if and only if its tensor product is strictly ergodic, moreover strictly weak mixing too. We also investigate some other mixing properties of the system.


The following result is known: Let \(T: L^1(X,{\mathcal F},\mu )\rightarrow L^1 (X,{\mathcal F},\mu )\) be a positive contraction. Assume that for \(x\in L^1 (X,{\mathcal F},\mu )\), the sequence \(\{ T^n x\}\) converges weakly in \(L^1 (X,{\mathcal F},\mu )\). Then either \(\lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }||T^n x||=0\) or there exists a positive function \(h\in L^1 (X,{\mathcal F},\mu)\), \(h\neq 0\), such that \(Th=h\). In the present paper, an extension of the result in a finite von Neumann algebra setting is proven. The main result of the paper is as follows. Let \(M\) be a von Neumann algebra with faithful normal finite trace \(\tau \). Let \(L^1 (M,\tau )\) be an \(L^1\)-space. Let \(T: L^1 (M,\tau )\rightarrow L^1 (M,\tau )\) be a contraction such that \(|T(x)|\leq T(|x|) \text{ for all }x\in L^1 (M,\tau )\), \(x=x^* \). Assume that there exists \(y\in L^1 (M,\tau )\), \(y>0\), such that \(Ty=y\). If for \(z\in L^1 (M,\tau )\), the sequence \((T^n z)\) converges weakly to some element of \(L^1 (M,\tau )\), then \(\lim _{n\rightarrow\infty } ||T^n x||=0\). In particular, if \(T\) is mixing, then \(T\) is completely mixing.











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