Fractionally modulated discrete Carleson's Theorem and pointwise Ergodic Theorems along certain curves

TL;DR

This paper proves boundedness of certain fractional modulated discrete Carleson operators and establishes pointwise convergence of ergodic averages along polynomial curves, using exponential sum analysis and circle method techniques.

Contribution

It introduces new boundedness results for fractional modulated Carleson operators and proves pointwise ergodic theorems along polynomial curves, extending classical harmonic analysis and ergodic theory.

Findings

Boundedness of fractional modulated Carleson operators on b^p spaces for p in (1, f)

Almost everywhere convergence of ergodic averages along polynomial curves

Application of circle method to analyze exponential sums with polynomial phases

Abstract

For $c\in(1,2)$ we consider the following operators \[ \mathcal{C}_{c}f(x) = \sup_{\lambda \in [-1/2,1/2)}\bigg| \sum_{n \neq 0}f(x-n) \frac{e^{2\pi i\lambda \lfloor |n|^{c} \rfloor}}{n}\bigg|\text{,}\quad \mathcal{C}^{\mathsf{sgn}}_{c}f(x) = \sup_{\lambda \in [-1/2,1/2)}\bigg| \sum_{n \neq 0}f(x-n) \frac{e^{2\pi i\lambda \mathsf{sign(n)} \lfloor |n|^{c} \rfloor}}{n}\bigg| \text{,} \] and prove that both extend boundedly on $\ell^p(\mathbb{Z})$, $p\in(1,\infty)$. The second main result is establishing almost everywhere pointwise convergence for the following ergodic averages \[ A_Nf(x)=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^Nf(T^nS^{\lfloor n^c\rfloor}x)\text{,} \] where $T,S\colon X\to X$ are commuting measure-preserving transformations on a $\sigma$-finite measure space $(X,\mu)$, and $f\in L_{\mu}^p(X)$, $p\in(1,\infty)$. The point of departure for both proofs is the study of exponential sums with phases $\xi_2 \lfloor |n^c|\rfloor+ \xi_1n$ through the use of a simple variant of the circle method.