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A pointwise ergodic theorem for Fuchsian groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2011

ALEXANDER I. BUFETOV  and
CAROLINE SERIES
ALEXANDER I. BUFETOV
Affiliation:
The Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 8, 119991, Moscow, Russia. e-mail: aib1@rice.edu
CAROLINE SERIES
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL. e-mail: C.M.Series@warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

We use Series' Markovian coding for words in Fuchsian groups and the Bowen-Series coding of limit sets to prove an ergodic theorem for Cesàro averages of spherical averages in a Fuchsian group.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 2011 , pp. 145 - 159
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2011

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