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Quantitative recurrence results

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LetX be a probability measure spaceX=(X, Φ, μ) endowed with a compatible metricd so that (X,d) has a countable base. It is well-known that ifT∶X→X is measure-preserving, then μ-almost all pointsx∈X are recurrent, i.e.,\(\lim \begin{array}{*{20}c} {\inf } \\ {n \geqq 1} \\ \end{array} d(x, T^n (x)) = 0\). We show that, under the additional assumption that the Hausdorff α-measureH α(X) ofX is σ-finite for some α>0, this result can be strengthened:\(\lim \begin{array}{*{20}c} {\inf } \\ {n \geqq 1} \\ \end{array} \left\{ {n^{1/\alpha } . d(x, T^n (x))} \right\}< \infty \), for μ-almost all pointsx∈X. A number of applications are considered.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Rice University, 77251, Houston, TX, USA

    Michael D. Boshernitzan

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Oblatum 24-II-1992 & 8-II-1993

Supported in part by NSF-DMS-9003450

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Boshernitzan, M.D. Quantitative recurrence results. Invent Math 113, 617–631 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01244320

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