L²-Quasi-compact and hyperbounded Markov operators

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Authors Guy Cohen, Michael H. Lin

Publication date 16 June 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (60J05) Ergodic theory of linear operators (47A35)

Abstract: A Markov operator $P$ on a probability space $(S,Sigma,mu)$, with $mu$ invariant, is called {it hyperbounded} if for some $1lep<qleinfty$ it maps (continuously) $L^p$ into $L^q$. We deduce from a recent result of Gl"uck that a hyperbounded $P$ is quasi-compact, hence uniformly ergodic, in all $L^r(S,mu)$, $1<r<infty$. We prove, using a method similar to Foguel's, that a hyperbounded Markov operator has periodic behavior similar to that of Harris recurrent operators, and for the ergodic case obtain conditions for aperiodicity. Given a probability $u$ on the unit circle, we prove that if the convolution operator $P_{u}f:=u\ast f$ is hyperbounded, then $u$ is atomless. We show that there is $u$ absolutely continuous such that $P_u$ is not hyperbounded, and there is $u$ with all powers singular such that $P_u$ is hyperbounded. As an application, we prove that if $P_u$ is hyperbounded, then for any sequence $(n_k)$ of distinct positive integers with bounded gaps, $(n_{k}x)$ is uniformly distributed mod 1 for $u$ almost every $x$ (even when $u$ is singular).

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