Pointwise ergodic theorems beyond amenable groups

Details Pointwise ergodic theorems beyond amenable groups Pointwise ergodic theorems beyond amenable groups

2011-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2519v2

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Dynamical Systems

This version contains substantial changes from the previous version: the last section on stable type criteria has been removed

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We prove pointwise and maximal ergodic theorems for probability measure preserving (p.m.p.) actions of any countable group, provided it admits an essentially free, weakly mixing amenable action of stable type $III_1$. We show that this class contains all irreducible lattices in connected semisimple Lie groups without compact factors. We also establish similar results when the stable type is $III_\lambda$, $0 < \lambda < 1$, under a suitable hypothesis. Our approach is based on the following two principles. First, we show that it is possible to generalize the ergodic theory of p.m.p. actions of amenable groups to include p.m.p. amenable equivalence relations. Second, we show that it is possible to reduce the proof of ergodic theorems for p.m.p. actions of a general group to the proof of ergodic theorems in an associated p.m.p. amenable equivalence relation, provided the group admits an amenable action with the properties stated above.

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