On mixing and sparse ergodic theorems

Asaf Katz

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On mixing and sparse ergodic theorems

Asaf Katz^1,2,

1.
Einstein Institute of Mathematics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
2.
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Received: February 15, 2018

Revised: October 14, 2020

Published: February 2021

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We consider Bourgain's ergodic theorem regarding arithmetic averages in the cases where quantitative mixing is present in the dynamical system. Focusing on the case of the horocyclic flow, those estimates allow us to bound from above the Hausdorff dimension of the exceptional set, providing evidence towards conjectures by Margulis, Shah, and Sarnak regarding equidistribution of arithmetic averages in homogeneous spaces. We also prove the existence of a uniform upper bound for the Hausdorff dimension of the exceptional set which is independent of the spectral gap.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 37A05; Secondary: 37A17, 37A25.

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