Two remarks on frequent hypercyclicity

Abstract

We show that if T:X→X is a continuous linear operator on an F-space X≠{0}, then the set of frequently hypercyclic vectors of T is of first category in X, and this answers a question of A. Bonilla and K.-G. Grosse-Erdmann. We also show that if T:X→X is a bounded linear operator on a Banach space X≠{0} and if T is frequently hypercyclic (or, more generally, syndetically transitive), then the T∗-orbit of every non-zero element of X∗ is bounded away from 0, and in particular T∗ is not hypercyclic.