Ergodic averaging sequences

Abstract

We consider generalizations of the pointwise and mean ergodic theorems to ergodic theorems averaging along different subsequences of the integers or real numbers. The Birkhoff and Von Neumann ergodic theorems give conclusions about convergence of average measurements of systems when the measurements are made at integer times. We consider the case when the measurements are made at timesa(n) or ([a(n)]) where the functiona(x) is taken from a class of functions called a Hardy field, and we also assume that |a(x)| goes to infinity more slowly than some positive power ofx. A special, well-known Hardy field is Hardy’s class of logarithmico-exponential functions.