The construction of a set of recurrence which is not a set of strong recurrence

This paper deals with two possible definitions of recurrence in measure preserving systems. A set of integersR is said to be a set of (Poincaré) recurrence if, for all measure preserving systems (X, B, μ, T) and any measurable setA of positive measure, there is anr εR such thatμ(T ^r A∩A)>0.R is said to be a set of strong recurrence if, for all measure preserving systems (X, B, μ, T) and any measurable setA of positive measure, there is ane>0 and an infinite number of elementsr ofR such thatμ(T ^r A∩A)≥e (see Bergelson’s 1985 paper). This paper constructs a set of recurrenceR, an example of a measure preserving system (X, B, μ, T) and a measurable setA of measure 1/2, such that lim _{r→∞:rεRμ} (A∩T ^r A)=0. In particularR is a set of recurrence but not a set of strong recurrence, giving a negative answer to a question of Bergelson posed in 1985. Further, it also constructs a set of recurrence which does not force the continuity of positive measures and so reproves a result of Bourgain published in 1987. This paper forms a part of the author’s Ph.D. Thesis at the Ohio State University. The author wishes to thank his advisor, Professor Bergelson, for suggesting the problem of this paper and for his guidance.     

Measure free martingales and martingale measures

Let T ⊂ ℝ be a countable set, not necessarily discrete. Let f _t , t ∈ T, be a family of real-valued functions defined on a set Ω. We discuss conditions which imply that there is a probability measure on Ω under which the family f _t , t ∈ T, is a martingale.     

Residual behavior of induced maps

Consider (X,F, μ,T) a Lebesgue probability space and measure preserving invertible map. We call this a dynamical system. For a subsetA ∈F. byT _A:A →A we mean the induced map,T _A(x)=T^rA(x)(x) wherer _A(x)=min{i〉0:T ⁱ(x) ∈A}. Such induced maps can be topologized by the natural metricD(A, A’) = μ(AΔA’) onF mod sets of measure zero. We discuss here ergodic properties ofT _A which are residual in this metric. The first theorem is due to Conze.Theorem 1 (Conze):For T ergodic, T _A is weakly mixing for a residual set of A.Theorem 2:For T ergodic, 0-entropy and loosely Bernoulli, T _A is rank-1, and rigid for a residual set of A.Theorem 3:For T ergodic, positive entropy and loosely Bernoulli, T _A is Bernoulli for a residual set of A.Theorem 4:For T ergodic of positive entropy, T _A is a K-automorphism for a residual set of A. A strengthening of Theorem 1 asserts thatA can be chosen to lie inside a given factor algebra ofT. We also discuss even Kakutani equivalence analogues of Theorems 1–4.     

Description of weakly periodic Gibbs measures for the isingmodel on a cayley tree

We introduce the concept of a weakly periodic Gibbs measure. For the Ising model, we describe a set of such measures corresponding to normal subgroups of indices two and four in the group representation of a Cayley tree. In particular, we prove that for a Cayley tree of order four, there exist critical values T _c < T _cr of the temperature T > 0 such that there exist five weakly periodic Gibbs measures for 0 < T < T _c or T > T _cr , three weakly periodic Gibbs measures for T = T _c , and one weakly periodic Gibbs measure for T _c < T ≤ T _cr . __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 156, No. 2, pp. 292–302, August, 2008.     

Ergodic Group Rotations, Hartman Setsand Kronecker Sequences

 Let be a homomorphism with dense image in the compact group C. If is a continuity set, i.e. its topological boundary has Haar measure 0, then is called a Hartman set. If M is aperiodic then S contains the essential information about (C, ι) or, equivalently, about the dynamical system (C, T) where T is the ergodic group rotation . Using Pontryagin’s duality the paper presents a new method to get this information from S: The set S induces a filter on which is an isomorphism invariant for (C, T) and turns out to be a complete invariant for ergodic group rotations. If one takes , , , , one gets the interesting special case of Kronecker sequences (nα) which are classical objects in number theory and diophantine analysis.     

Maximum of the Riemann Zeta Function on a Short Interval of the Critical Line

We prove the leading order of a conjecture by Fyodorov, Hiary, and Keating about the maximum of the Riemann zeta function on random intervals along the critical line. More precisely, as T → ∞ for a set of t ∊ [T, 2T] of measure (1–o(1)) T, we have © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Distribution of large values of the argument of the Riemann zeta function on short intervals

An upper bound for the measure of the set of values t ∈ (T,T + H] for H = T ^27/82+ɛ for which |S(t)| ≥ λ is obtained.     

Ergodic Group Rotations,Hartman Setsand Kronecker Sequences

 Let be a homomorphism with dense image in the compact group C. If is a continuity set, i.e. its topological boundary has Haar measure 0, then is called a Hartman set. If M is aperiodic then S contains the essential information about (C, ι) or, equivalently, about the dynamical system (C, T) where T is the ergodic group rotation . Using Pontryagin’s duality the paper presents a new method to get this information from S: The set S induces a filter on which is an isomorphism invariant for (C, T) and turns out to be a complete invariant for ergodic group rotations. If one takes , , , , one gets the interesting special case of Kronecker sequences (nα) which are classical objects in number theory and diophantine analysis. Received 3 November 2000; in final form 25 January 2002     

A minimax theorem for irreducible compact operators inL p-spaces

Let (X, Σ, μ) be a σ-finite measure space,T a compact irreducible (positive, linear) operator onL ^p (μ) (1≦p<+∞). It is shown that the spectral radiusr ofT is characterized by the minimax property {fx196-1} where ∑₀ denotes the ring of sets of finite measure and whereQ denotes the set of all, almost everywhere positive functions inL ^p. Moreover, ifr>0 then equality on either side is assumed ifff is the (essentially unique) positive eigenfunction ofT. Various refinements are given in terms of corresponding relations for irreducible finite rank operators approximatingT. Dedicated to H. G. Tillmann on his 60th birthday     

Subsequence generators for ergodic group translations

LetT be an ergodic translation on a compact abelian group. For every infinite set of integers {n _i} and ε >0 there is a setA of measure less than ε such that {T ⁿ _iA} generates the σ-algebra of measurable sets. Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grants MCS7703659 (first author) and MCS7606735A01 (second author).     

Sign change of the function <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>) on short intervals

A theorem for the sign variation of the argument of the Riemann zeta function S(t) in the interval (t − A, t + A) with A = 4.39 ln ln ln ln T for each t, T ≤ t ≤ T + H excluding values from the set E with the measure mes(E) = O(H(ln ln T)⁻¹(ln ln ln T)^−0,5) is proved.     

Self-Affine Sets and Graph-Directed Systems

   Abstract. A self-affine set in R ⁿ is a compact set T with A(T)= ∪ _{d∈ D} (T+d) where A is an expanding n× n matrix with integer entries and D ={d ₁ , d ₂ ,···, d _N } ⊂ Z ⁿ is an N -digit set. For the case N = | det(A)| the set T has been studied in great detail in the context of self-affine tiles. Our main interest in this paper is to consider the case N > | det(A)| , but the theorems and proofs apply to all the N . The self-affine sets arise naturally in fractal geometry and, moreover, they are the support of the scaling functions in wavelet theory. The main difficulty in studying such sets is that the pieces T+d, d∈ D, overlap and it is harder to trace the iteration. For this we construct a new graph-directed system to determine whether such a set T will have a nonvoid interior, and to use the system to calculate the dimension of T or its boundary (if T ^o ≠  ). By using this setup we also show that the Lebesgue measure of such T is a rational number, in contrast to the case where, for a self-affine tile, it is an integer.     

Geometry of free cyclic submodules over ternions

Given the algebra T of ternions (upper triangular 2×2 matrices) over a commutative field F we consider as set of points of a projective line over T the set of all free cyclic submodules of T ². This set of points can be represented as a set of planes in the projective space over F ⁶. We exhibit this model, its adjacency relation, and its automorphic collineations. Despite the fact that T admits an F-linear antiautomorphism, the plane model of our projective line does not admit any duality.     

An Exceptional Set in the Ergodic Theory of Expanding Maps on Manifolds

Under a general hypothesis an expanding map T of a Riemannian manifold M is known to preserve a measure equivalent to the Liouville measure on that manifold. As a consequence of this and Birkhoff’s pointwise ergodic theorem, the orbits of almost all points on the manifold are asymptotically distributed with regard to this Liouville measure. Let T be Lipschitz of class τ for some τ in (0,1], let Ω(x) denote the forward orbit closure of x and for a positive real number δ and let E(x₀, δ) denote the set of points x in M such that the distance from x₀ to Ω is at least δ. Let dim A denote the Hausdorff dimension of the set A. In this paper we prove a result which implies that there is a constant C(T) > 0 such that dimE(x₀,d) 3 dimM - \fracC(T)|logd| \dim E(x_0,\delta) \ge \dim M - \frac{C(T)}{\vert\!\log \delta \vert} if τ = 1 and dimE(x₀,d) 3 dimM - \fracC(T)log|logd|\dim E(x_0,\delta) \ge \dim M - \frac{C(T)}{\log \vert \log \delta \vert} if τ < 1. This gives a quantitative converse to the above asymptotic distribution phenomenon. The result we prove is of sufficient generality that a similar result for expanding hyperbolic rational maps of degree not less than two follows as a special case.     

A generalization of a result of R. Lyons about measures on [0, 1)

Letμ be a probability measure on [0, 1), invariant underS:x ↦px mod 1, and for which almost every ergodic component has positive entropy. Ifq is a real number greater than 1 for which logq/ logp is irrational, andT _n sendsx toq ⁿx mod 1, then for any ε>0 the measureμT _n ⁻¹ will — for a set ofn of positive lower density — be within ε of Lebesgue measure.     

On the convergence of the kadanoff transformation towards trivial fixed points

Summary We consider the Kadanoff transformation T (depending on a positive parameter p) acting on probability measures on the space {+1, –}^d. A measure is called a non-trivial fixed point of T, if it is extremal in the set of T-invariant measures but is not a product measure. We describe the set of trivial fixed points and show that non-trivial fixed points exist provided that d2 and p large enough. A strong mixing condition on implies convergence of T ⁿ towards a trivial fixed point. In particular this applies to the two-dimensional Ising model except at the critical point. What happens at the critical point still remains unknown.Research supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonderforschungsbereich 123)     

On the distribution of binary search trees under the random permutation model

We study the distribution Q on the set B_n of binary search trees over a linearly ordered set of n records under the standard random permutation model. This distribution also arises as the stationary distribution for the move-to-root (MTR) Markov chain taking values in B_n when successive requests are independent and identically distributed with each record equally likely. We identify the minimum and maximum values of the functional Q and the trees achieving those values and argue that Q is a crude measure of the “shape” of the tree. We study the distribution of Q(T) for two choices of distribution for random trees T; uniform over B_n and Q. In the latter case, we obtain a limiting normal distribution for −ln Q(T). © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Toppling kings in a tournament by introducing new kings

A king of a tournament is a vertex which can reach any other vertex within two steps. Let K be the king set of a tournament T. A subset M of K is c-topplable if there exists a supertournament T* of T such that there is a set N of c vertices in T * – T and (K – M) U N is exactly the king set of T*. A characterization of c-topplable sets of kings is given in this paper.     

Tilings of the integers can have superpolynomial periods

Let A be a finite set of integers. We say that A tiles the integers if there is a set T ⊆ ℤ such that {t+A: t∈T{ forms a disjoint partition of the integers. It has long been known that such a set T must be periodic. The question is to determine how long the period of T can become as a function of the diameter of the set A. The previous best lower bound, due to Kolountzakis [7], shows that the period of T can grow as fast as the square of the diameter of A. In this paper we improve Kolountzakis’ lower bound by showing that the period of T can in fact grow faster than any power of the diameter of A.     

Adjacent Ideals to Simple Complete Ideals in Two-Dimensional Regular Local Rings

Let R be a two-dimensional regular local ring with infinite residue field, and ? be a simple complete residually rational ideal of R of order r which determines R _h . Let 𝒯 be the set of quadratic transforms T of R _h with [T: R _h ] = 1, and 𝒮 the set of simple complete ideals of R of order r which are adjacent to ? from below. If R _h is free respectively a satellite, then there exist T* ∈ 𝒯 respectively T*, T** ∈ 𝒯 and a bijective map between the set 𝒮 and the set 𝒯?{T*} respectively 𝒯?{T*, T**}.