Some remarks on oscillation inequalities

In this paper we establish uniform oscillation estimates on $L^p(X)$ with $p\in(1,\infty)$ for the polynomial ergodic averages. This result contributes to a certain problem about uniform oscillation bounds for ergodic averages formulated by Rosenblatt and Wierdl in the early 1990's. We also give a slightly different proof of the uniform oscillation inequality of Jones, Kaufman, Rosenblatt and Wierdl for bounded martingales. Finally, we show that oscillations, in contrast to jump inequalities, cannot be seen as an endpoint for $r$-variation inequalities.