On uniform convergence in ergodic theorems for a class of skew product transformations

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2011.29.873MaRDI QIDQ632344zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Julia Brettschneier

Publication date 15 March 2011

Published in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2600

zbMATH Keywords

ergodic theoremsergodicitymixing propertiesskew product transformationuniform convergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30) Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes (37A50)

Abstract: Consider a class of skew product transformations consisting of an ergodic or a periodic transformation on a probability space (M, B, m) in the base and a semigroup of transformations on another probability space (W,F,P) in the fibre. Under suitable mixing conditions for the fibre transformation, we show that the properties ergodicity, weakly mixing, and strongly mixing are passed on from the base transformation to the skew product (with respect to the product measure). We derive ergodic theorems with respect to the skew product on the product space. The main aim of this paper is to establish uniform convergence with respect to the base variable for the series of ergodic averages of a function F on the product of the two probability spaces along the orbits of such a skew product. Assuming a certain growth condition for the coupling function, a strong mixing condition on the fibre transformation, and continuity andintegrability conditions for F, we prove uniform convergence in the base and L^p(P)-convergence in the fibre. Under an equicontinuity assumption on F we further show P-almost sure convergence in the fibre. Our work has an application in information theory: It implies convergence of the averages of functions on random fields restricted to parts of stair climbing patterns defined by a direction.

Review text

The author considers a class of skew product transformations consisting of an ergodic or a periodic transformation on a probability space \((M,\mathcal{B},\mu)\) in the base, and a semigroup of transformations on another probability space \((\Omega,\mathcal{F},P)\) in the fibre. She shows that under suitable mixing conditions for the fibre transformation, the properties of ergodicity, weakly mixing and strongly mixing are passed on from the base transformation to the skew product (with respect to the product measure). The author derives ergodic theorems with respect to the skew product on the product space. The main aim of the paper is then to establish uniform convergence with respect to the base variable for the series of ergodic averages of a function \(F\) on \(M\times \Omega\) along the orbits of such a skew product. Assuming a certain growth condition for the coupling function, a string mixing condition on the fibre transformation, and continuity and integrability conditions for \(F\), uniform convergence in the base and \(\mathcal{L}^p\)-convergence in the fibre are proved. Under an equicontinuity assumption on \(F\), the author further shows \(P\)-almost sure convergence in the fibre. An application in information theory is mentioned, namely, convergence of the averages of functions on random fields restricted to parts of stair climbing patterns defined by a direction.

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