We prove a mean ergodic theorem for amenable discrete quantum groups. As an application, we prove a Wiener type theorem for continuous measures on compact metrizable groups.

On montre que la fonction maximale centrée de Hardy–Littlewood,$M$, sur les espaces hyperboliques réels $\mathbb{H}^{n} = \mathbb{R}^{{\mathchoice {\raise .17ex\hbox {$\scriptstyle +$}}{\raise .17ex\hbox {$\scriptstyle +$}}{\raise .1ex\hbox {$\scriptscriptstyle +$}}{\scriptscriptstyle +}}} \times \mathbb{R}^{n - 1}$ , satisfait l’inégalité de type faible $\| M f \|_{L^{1, \infty}} \leq A (n \log {n}) \| f\|_{1}$ pour toute$f$∈$L$^{1}(ℍ^{$n$}), où$A$>0 est une constante indépendante de la dimension$n$.

We consider the convolution operators in spaces of functions which are holomorphic in a bounded convex domain in ℂ^{$n$}and have a polynomial growth near its boundary. A characterization of the surjectivity of such operators on the class of all domains is given in terms of low bounds of the Laplace transformation of analytic functionals defining the operators.

The general volume of a star body, a notion that includes the usual volume, the $q$th dual volumes, and many previous types of dual mixed volumes, is introduced. A corresponding new general dual Orlicz curvature measure is defined that specializes to the $(p,q)$-dual curvature measures introduced recently by Lutwak, Yang, and Zhang. General variational formulas are established for the general volume of two types of Orlicz linear combinations. One of these is applied to the Minkowski problem for the new general dual Orlicz curvature measure, giving in particular a solution to the Minkowski problem posed by Lutwak, Yang, and Zhang for the $(p,q)$-dual curvature measures when $p>0$ and $q<0$. A dual Orlicz-Brunn-Minkowski inequality for general volumes is obtained, as well as dual Orlicz-Minkowski-type inequalities and uniqueness results for star bodies. Finally, a very general Minkowski-type inequality, involving two Orlicz functions, two convex bodies, and a star body, is proved, that includes as special cases several others in the literature, in particular one due to Lutwak, Yang, and Zhang for the $(p,q)$-mixed volume.

The geometric descriptions of the (essential) spectra of Toeplitz operators with piecewise continuous symbols are among the most beautiful results about Toeplitz operators on Hardy spaces Hp with 1<p<∞. In the Hardy space H1, the essential spectra of Toeplitz operators are known for continuous symbols and symbols in the Douglas algebra C+H∞. It is natural to ask whether the theory for piecewise continuous symbols can also be extended to H1. We answer this question in the negative and show in particular that the Toeplitz operator is never bounded on H1 if its symbol has a jump discontinuity.