Abstract
'Almost all sequences (r 1, ..., r n, ...) of positive integers have the following "universal" property: Whenever (X, μ) is a Borel probability compact metric space, and Φ 1, Φ 2, ..., Φ n, ... a sequence of commuting measure preserving continuous maps on (X, μ), such that the action (by composition) on (X, μ) of the semigroup with generators Φ 1, ..., Φ n, ... is uniquely ergodic and equicontinuous, then for every x ∈ X the sequence w 1,w 2, ..., w n, ... where, is uniformly distributed for μ. This is a contribution to Problem 116 of Schreier and Ulam in the Scottish Book.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-103 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Monatshefte fur Mathematik |
Volume | 167 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematics(all)
Keywords
- Borel probability measure
- Invariant measure
- Skew product
- Two-sided Bernoulli shift
- Uniformly distributed sequence
- Uniquely ergodic and equicontinuous action