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A counterexample on polynomial multiple convergence without commutativity

Dynamical Systems 2023-12-12 v3

Abstract

It is shown that for polynomials p1,p2Z[t]p_1, p_2 \in {\mathbb Z}[t] with deg p1,deg p25{\rm deg}\ p_1, {\rm deg}\ p_2\ge 5 there exist a probability space (X,X,μ)(X,{\mathcal X},\mu), two ergodic measure preserving transformations T,ST,S acting on (X,X,μ)(X,{\mathcal X},\mu) with hμ(X,T)=hμ(X,S)=0h_\mu(X,T)=h_\mu(X,S)=0, and f,gL(X,μ)f, g \in L^\infty(X,\mu) such that the limit \begin{equation*} \lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=0}^{N-1} f(T^{p_1(n)}x)g(S^{p_2(n)}x) \end{equation*} does not exist in L2(X,μ)L^2(X,\mu), which in some sense answers a question by Frantzikinakis and Host.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2301.12409,
  title  = {A counterexample on polynomial multiple convergence without commutativity},
  author = {Wen Huang and Song Shao and Xiangdong Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.12409},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

revised version according to referee's suggestion

R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:25:16.500Z