Geometric covering arguments and ergodic theorems for free groups

DOI10.4171/LEM/59-1-5zbMATH Open1373.37012arXiv0912.4953MaRDI QIDQ386103FDOQ386103

Authors: Amos Nevo, Lewis Bowen 

Publication date: 13 December 2013

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a new approach to the proof of ergodic theorems for actions of free groups based on geometric covering and asymptotic invariance arguments. Our approach can be viewed as a direct generalization of the classical geometric covering and asymptotic invariance arguments used in the ergodic theory of amenable groups. We use this approach to generalize the existing maximal and pointwise ergodic theorems for free group actions to a large class of geometric averages which were not accessible by previous techniques. Some applications of our approach to other groups and other problems in ergodic theory are also briefly discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.4953

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zbMATH Keywords

invariant measureamenable groupergodic theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convergence of probability measures (60B10) Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30) Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization (60B15) Ergodic theory on groups (22D40)

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