Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2008
Let (X, F, μ) be a probability measure space, p and β real numbers such that 1≤p<+∞ and 0<β<p. For any linear positive operator T satisfying T1, T*1 = 1 we prove the norm and pointwise convergence of the sequence We get then the pointwise and norm convergence in Lp, 0 < β ≥ 1 < p < 2, of the sequence sgn Sif for any positive linear operator on Lp(Ω, A, μ) (μ-σ-finite) verifying ∥(1 − α)I + αS∥p ≤ 1 for a real number 0 < α < 1. In the particular case α = 1, (S is a contraction), β = p−l, this result gives the pointwise and norm convergence of the sequences introduced by Beauzamy and Enflo in 1985 to the asymptotic center of the sequence .