Dunford–Schwartz theorem

In mathematics, particularly functional analysis, the Dunford–Schwartz theorem, named after Nelson Dunford and Jacob T. Schwartz, states that the averages of powers of certain norm-bounded operators on L¹ converge in a suitable sense.[1]

Statement of the theorem

${\text{Let }}T{\text{ be a linear operator from }}L^{1}{\text{ to }}L^{1}{\text{ with }}\|T\|_{1}\leq 1{\text{ and }}\|T\|_{\infty }\leq 1{\text{. Then}}$

\lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {1}{n}}\sum _{k=0}^{n-1}T^{k}f

${\text{exists almost everywhere for all }}f\in L^{1}{\text{.}}$

The statement is no longer true when the boundedness condition is relaxed to even $\|T\|_{\infty }\leq 1+\varepsilon$ .[2]

Notes

Dunford, Nelson; Schwartz, J. T. (1956), "Convergence almost everywhere of operator averages", Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 5: 129–178, MR 0077090.
Friedman, N. (1966), "On the Dunford–Schwartz theorem", Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und verwandte Gebiete, 5 (3): 226–231, doi:10.1007/BF00533059, MR 0220900.

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[1] Dunford, Nelson; Schwartz, J. T. (1956), "Convergence almost everywhere of operator averages", Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 5: 129–178, MR 0077090.

[2] Friedman, N. (1966), "On the Dunford–Schwartz theorem", Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und verwandte Gebiete, 5 (3): 226–231, doi:10.1007/BF00533059, MR 0220900.

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