陶哲轩博客写数学问题时，通常先把对象定义清楚，再给直觉、反例和证明轮廓。把「Nonconventional ergodic averages and multiple recurrence for von Neumann dynamical systems」改写成可阅读的中文笔记，重点是：问题在问什么、已知到哪一步、下一步最容易走偏在哪。原站广告、分享条和导航已去掉。

问题在问什么

Tim Austin , Tanja Eisner , and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our joint paper Nonconventional ergodic averages and multiple recurrence for von Neumann dynamical systems , submitted to Pacific Journal of Mathematics . This project started with the observation that the multiple recurrence theorem of Furstenberg (and the related multiple convergence theorem of Host and Kra) could be interpreted in the language of dynamical systems of commutative finite von Neumann algebras,

The Furstenberg multiple recurrence theorem can be phrased as follows: if is a probability space with a measure-preserving shift (which naturally induces an isomorphism by setting ), is non-negative with positive trace , and is an integer, then one has

已知结果和反例

In particular, for all in a set of positive upper density. This result is famously equivalent to Szemerédi’s theorem on arithmetic progressions.

The Host-Kra multiple convergence theorem makes the related assertion that if , then the scalar averages

证明或构造的主线

converge to a limit as ; a fortiori , the function averages

The space is a commutative example of a von Neumann algebra : an algebra of bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space which is closed under the weak operator topology, and under taking adjoints. Indeed, one can take to be , and identify each element of with the multiplier operator . The operation is then a finite trace for this algebra, i.e. a linear map from the algebra to the scalars such that , , and , with equality iff . The shift is then an automorphism of this

阅读时建议盯住的点

We can generalise this situation to the noncommutative setting. Define a von Neumann dynamical system to be a von Neumann algebra with a finite trace and an automorphism . In addition to the commutative examples generated by measure-preserving systems, we give three other examples here:

Inspired by noncommutative generalisations of other results in commutative analysis, one can then ask the following questions, for a fixed and for a fixed von Neumann dynamical system :

值得单独记下的条目

• (Matrices) is the algebra of complex matrices, with trace and shift , where is a fixed unitary matrix.
• (Noncommutative torus) is the von Neumann algebra acting on generated by the multiplier operator and the shifted multiplier operator , where is fixed. A trace is given by , where is the constant function.
• (Recurrence on average) Whenever is non-negative with positive trace, is it true that
• (Recurrence on a dense set) Whenever is non-negative with positive trace, is it true that for all in a set of positive upper density?
• (Weak convergence) With , is it true that converges?
• (Strong convergence) With , is it true that converges in using the Hilbert-Schmidt norm ?
• For , recurrence on average can fail on an ergodic system; indeed, one can even make the average negative . This example is ultimately based on a Behrend example construction and a von Neumann algebra construction known as the crossed produ
• For , recurrence on a dense set can also fail if the ergodicity hypothesis is dropped. This also uses the Behrend example and the crossed product construction.

阅读和落地时建议先做的 5 件事

1. 用自己的语言重写定义和结论，不看原文能不能说清对象是什么。
2. 找一个最小反例或边界情形，确认假设少一条会怎样。
3. 把证明拆成可独立检验的引理，每步只保留一个新想法。
4. 若涉及计算或形式化，先写可复现的小例子，再谈一般情形。
5. 记下尚未解决的缺口：缺估计、缺构造，还是缺正确的范畴。

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