Almost-everywhere convergence and polynomials

Abstract: Denote by

G a m m a

the set of pointwise good sequences. Those are sequences of real numbers

(a_{k})

such that for any measure preserving flow

(U_{t})_{t i n m a t h b b R}

on a probability space and for any

f i n L^{i} n f t y

, the averages

f r a c 1 n s u m_{k = 1}^{n} f (U_{a_{k}} x)

converge almost everywhere. We prove the following two results. [1.] If

f : (0, i n f t y) o m a t h b b R

is continuous and if

for all

u, v > 0

, then

f

is a polynomial on some subinterval

J s u b s e t (0, i n f t y)

of positive length. [2.] If

f : [0, i n f t y) o m a t h b b R

is real analytic and if

for all

u > 0

, then

f

is a polynomial on the whole domain

[0, i n f t y)

. These results can be viewed as converses of Bourgain's polynomial ergodic theorem which claims that every polynomial sequence lies in

G a m m a

.

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