Ergodic Theory and Harmonic Analysis

Preface; Part I. Survey Articles: 1. Pointwise ergodic theorems via harmonic analysis Joseph M. Rosenblatt and Mate Wierdl; 2. Harmonic analysis in rigidity theory R. J. Spatzier; 3. Some properties and applications of joinings in ergodic theory J.-P. Thouvenot; Part II. Research Papers: 4. Ergodic baker's transformations C. J. Bose and P. Grezegorczyk; 5. Almost sure convergence of projections to self-adjoint operators in L2(0,1) Lech Ciach, Ryszard Jajte and Adam Paskievicz; 6. Quasi-uniform limits of uniformly recurrent points Tomasz Downarowicz; 7. Strictly nonpointwise Markov operators and weak mixing Tomasz Downarowicz; 8. Two techniques in multiple recurrence A. H. Forrest; 9. For Bernoulli transformations the smallest natural family of factors consists of all factors Eli Glasner; 10. Topological entropy of extensions Eli Glasner and Benjamin Weiss; 11. Functional equations associated with the spectral properties of compact group extensions Geoffrey Goodson; 12. Multiple recurrence for nilpotent groups of affine transformations of the 2-torus Daniel A. Hendrick; 13. A remark on isometric extensions in relatively independent joinings Emmanuel Lesigne; 14. Three results in recurrence Randall McCutcheon; 15. Calculation of the limit in the return times theorem for Dunford-Schwartz operators James H. Olsen; 16. Eigenfunctions of T x S and the Conze-Lesigne algebra Daniel J. Rudolph; Conference program; List of participants.