Pointwise convergence of bilinear polynomial averages over the primes

Ben Krause, Hamed Mousavi, Terence Tao, Joni Teravainen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We show that on a -finite measure-preserving system , the non-conventional ergodic averages converge pointwise almost everywhere for , and , where P is a polynomial with integer coefficients of degree at least . This had previously been established with the von Mangoldt weight replaced by the constant weight by the first and third authors with Mirek, and by the Möbius weight by the fourth author. The proof is based on combining tools from both of these papers, together with several Gowers norm and polynomial averaging operator estimates on approximants to the von Mangoldt function of ‘Cramér’ and ‘Heath-Brown’ type.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3760-3799
Number of pages40
JournalErgodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
Volume45
Issue number12
Early online date1 Sept 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2025

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press.

Keywords

  • 11B30
  • Gowers norms
  • pointwise convergence
  • bilinear ergodic averages
  • 37A30
  • 37A44
  • 37A46

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