Twisted Recurrence via Polynomial Walks

arXiv1706.07921MaRDI QIDQ6288243FDOQ6288243

Publication date: 24 June 2017

Abstract: In this paper we show how polynomial walks can be used to establish a twisted recurrence for sets of positive density in

m a t h b b Z^{d}

. In particular, we prove that if

G a m m a l e q o p e r a t o r n a m e {G L}_{d} (m a t h b b Z)

is finitely generated by unipotents and acts irreducibly on

m a t h b b R^{d}

, then for any set

B s u b s e t m a t h b b Z^{d}

of positive density, there exists

k g e q 1

such that for any

v i n k m a t h b b Z^{d}

one can find

g a m m a i n G a m m a

with

g a m m a v i n B - B

. Our method does not require the linearity of the action, and we prove a twisted recurrence for semigroups of maps from

m a t h b b Z^{d}

to

m a t h b b Z^{d}

satisfying some irreducibility and polynomial assumptions. As one of the consequences, we prove a non-linear analog of Bogolubov's theorem -- for any set

B s u b s e t m a t h b b Z^{2}

of positive density, and

p (n) i n m a t h b b Z [n]

, with

p (0) = 0

and

o p e r a t o r n a m e d e g (p) g e q 2

, there exists

k g e q 1

such that

k m a t h b b Z s u b s e t x - p (y), |, (x, y) i n B - B

. Unlike the previous works on twisted recurrence that used recent results of Benoist-Quint and Bourgain-Furman-Lindenstrauss-Mozes on equidistribution of random walks on automorphism groups of tori, our method relies on the classical Weyl equidistribution for polynomial orbits on tori.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of measure-preserving transformations (37A05) Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Density, gaps, topology (11B05)

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