15:00 – Mariusz Mirek (Bonn): l^p(Z^d) boundedness for discrete operators of Radon types: maximal and variational estimates
In recent times – particularly the last two decades – discrete analogues in harmonic analysis have gone through a period of considerable changes and developments. This is due in part to Bourgain’s pointwise ergodic theorem for the squares on L p (X, µ) for any p > 1. The main aim of this talk is to discuss recent developments in discrete harmonic analysis. We will be mainly concerned with ` p (Z d ) estimates (p > 1) of r-variations (r > 2) for discrete averaging operators and singular integral operators along polynomial mappings. All the results are subjects of the ongoing projects with Elias M. Stein and Bartosz Trojan.
16:30 – Jonathan Ben-Artzi (Imperial College): The spectral measure of vector fields and uniform ergodic theorems
Von Neumann’s original proof of the ergodic theorem for one-parameter families of unitary operators relies on a delicate analysis of the spectral measure of the associated flow operator and the observation that over long times only functions that are invariant under the flow make a contribution to the ergodic integral. In this talk I shall show that for a specific class of generators – namely vector fields – the spectral measure is rather simple to understand. For some nicely behaved flows this allows us to obtain a uniform ergodic theorem, while for other flows we show that the spectral measure can be purely singular continuous. The analysis is performed in both Sobolev and weighted-Sobolev spaces. These results are closely related to recent results on the 2D Euler equations, and have potential applications for other conservative flows, such as those governed by the Vlasov equation.