Abstract:
We consider monotone pointwise estimates of the rates of convergence in the Birkhoff ergodic theorem with continuous time. For an ergodic semiflow in a Lebesgue space, we prove that such estimates hold either on a null or full measure set. It is shown that monotone estimates that are true almost everywhere always exist. We study the lattice of such estimates and also consider some questions on their unimprovability.
Key words:the Birkhoff ergodic theorem, rates of convergence in ergodic theorems, optimal estimates, natural extension of endomorphism, lattice of estimates.