An ergodic theorem for subadditive random functions on vector semigroups

Publication date: 7 September 2020

Abstract: Let

f = (f^{x} m i d x i n S)

,

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

, be a semigroup of ergodic measure-preserving transformations of a probability space

(O m e g a, m a t h s f P)

and

h

a real random function on

S

, such that

h (x + y, o m e g a) l e h (x, o m e g a) + h (y, f^{x} o m e g a)

for all

x, y i n S

and

o m e g a i n O m e g a

. We prove that there exists a sublinear function

q c o l o n O o [- i n f t y; i n f t y)

defined on

O = m a t h r m i n t (m a t h r m c o n e (S))

, and a set

W s u b s e t O m e g a

of full probability, such that

h (x_{n}, o m e g a) / l v e r t x_{n} v e r t o q (x)

for all

o m e g a i n W

and all sequences

(x_{n}) s u b s e t S

with asymptotic direction

x i n O

. The moment condition for this reflects the size of the semigroup

f

, not that of

S

. However, an additional independence assumption about

h

is made.

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