Frantzikinakis's logarithmic divergence conjecture for Hardy-field averages

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Let f1,…,fkf_1,\ldots,f_k be functions from a Hardy field, and define

span⁡∗(f1,…,fk)={c1f1(t)+⋯+ckfk(t):(c1,…,ck)∈Rk\{0}}.\operatorname{span}^*(f_1,\ldots,f_k)=\{c_1f_1(t)+\cdots+c_kf_k(t):(c_1,\ldots,c_k)\in\mathbb{R}^k\backslash\{0\}\}.

Let (X,B,μ,T)(X,\mathcal{B},\mu,T) be an ergodic measure-preserving system and let h1,…,hk∈L∞(X)h_1,\ldots,h_k\in L^\infty(X). Frantzikinakis's conjecture. If ∣f(t)−q(t)∣/log⁡t→∞|f(t)-q(t)|/\log t\to\infty for every q∈Z[t]q\in\mathbb{Z}[t] and f∈span⁡∗(f1,…,fk)f\in\operatorname{span}^*(f_1,\ldots,f_k), then

lim⁡N→∞1N∑n=1NT⌊f1(n)⌋h1⋯T⌊fk(n)⌋hk=∏i=1k∫Xhi dμ\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^N T^{\lfloor f_1(n)\rfloor}h_1\cdots T^{\lfloor f_k(n)\rfloor}h_k=\prod_{i=1}^k\int_X h_i\,\mathrm{d}\mu

in L2(X)L^2(X). The conjecture predicts complete convergence to the product of means for sufficiently non-polynomial Hardy-field iterates; the source gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Vitaly Bergelson, Joel Moreira and Florian K. Richter, “Multiple ergodic averages along functions from a Hardy field: convergence, recurrence and combinatorial applications”, arXiv:2006.03558 (2026).

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