Bergelson–McCutcheon IP-limit positivity conjecture for VIP-systems

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Let H\mathcal H be a Hilbert space and let (Vξ)ξ∈F2ω(V_\xi)_{\xi\in{\mathbb F_2^\omega}} be a VIP-system of unitary operators on H\mathcal H. Suppose that for every f∈Hf\in\mathcal H there is a vector Qf∈HQf\in\mathcal H such that

IP-lim⁡ξ∈F2ωVξf=Qf\mathop{\operatorname{IP-lim}}_{\xi\in{\mathbb F_2^\omega}}V_\xi f=Qf

weakly.

Bergelson–McCutcheon IP-limit positivity conjecture. For every f∈Hf\in\mathcal H,

Re⁡⟨f,Qf⟩≥0,\operatorname{Re}\langle f,Qf\rangle\ge 0,

or, equivalently,

IP∗-lim⁡ξ∈F2ωRe⁡⟨f,Vξf⟩≥0.\mathop{\operatorname{IP^*-lim}}_{\xi\in{\mathbb F_2^\omega}}\operatorname{Re}\langle f,V_\xi f\rangle\ge 0.

The paper presents this as an adaptation of Conjecture 2 of Bergelson and McCutcheon; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Rigoberto Zelada, “Polynomial maps which are not good for nice recurrence and applications”, arXiv:2607.27582 (2026).

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