Frequently dense orbits

We study the notion of frequent hypercyclicity that was recently introduced by Bayart and Grivaux. We show that frequently hypercyclic operators satisfy the Hypercyclicity Criterion, answering a question of Bayart and Grivaux [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., in press]. We also disprove a conjecture therein concerning frequently hypercyclic weighted shifts, and we prove that vectors which have a somewhere frequently dense orbit are frequently hypercyclic. To cite this article: K.-G. Grosse-Erdmann, A. Peris, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 341 (2005).