# we-solve research prompt: Math-1967, Multiple ergodic averages — Problem 2

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/multiple-ergodic-averages-problem-2/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 4800002; source catalogue code AMR-047-0002
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\section*{Multiple ergodic averages — Problem 2}\label{4800002}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 4800002 · AMR-047-0002 · Dynamical Systems · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Throughout, a probability-preserving transformation is an invertible
measurable map of a probability space which preserves its measure.
For a bounded measurable function $g$, write $T^ng=g\circ T^n$.
Let $\mathcal C_{T,S}$ be the collection of all complex sequences
$c:\mathbb N\to\mathbb C$ representable as
\[
             c(n)=\int_X f\,(g\circ T^n)\,(h\circ S^n)\,d\mu,
\]
where the probability space $(X,\mathcal B,\mu)$, commuting
probability-preserving transformations $T,S$, and functions
$f,g,h\in L^\infty(\mu)$ may vary.

Define $\mathcal C_T$ by allowing the same representations but
requiring $T=R^a$ and $S=R^b$ for one invertible probability-preserving
transformation $R$ and integers $a,b$. The problem is to prove
$\mathcal C_{T,S}=\mathcal C_T$, or to exhibit a sequence in the
first collection outside the second.

Thus for every particular representation using a commuting pair,
one must find some probability space, one transformation $R$,
integers $a,b$, and three bounded functions whose integrals equal
$c(n)$ for every $n\ge1$. The new system and functions need
not arise as factors or extensions of the original ones.
No ergodicity assumption is imposed in either collection.
Equality means exact equality of sequences, without discarding
a zero-density set of indices or adding an error which vanishes
in Ces\`aro mean. The reverse inclusion follows directly from
commutation of powers; the requested content is the other direction.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can every double correlation sequence from two commuting transformations be realized exactly using powers of a single transformation?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 4800002 (AMR-047-0002), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Frantzikinakis - Some open problems on multiple ergodic averages (2016), Problem 2. Original source indexed by AMR-047-0002.
\url{https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.3808}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-047-0002

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-4800002
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)