Convergence of Random Products of Projections Under Infinite-Periodic Selections

Abstract

Let $\{P_j\}$ be a sequence of projections onto the closed subspaces $\mathcal{M}_j$ of a Hilbert space $\mathscr{H}$. Consider an infinite sequence $P_{i_1}, P_{i_2}, \ldots$ with each $P_{i_n} \in \{P_1, P_2, \ldots\}$, possibly repeating in some order or randomly. The question is: Under what conditions does the sequence $\{P_{i_n} \cdots P_{i_2} P_{i_1} x\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ converge strongly or weakly to $Px$ for every $x \in \mathscr{H}$, where $P$ is the projection onto the intersection $\mathcal{M} = \bigcap_{i=1}^{\infty} \mathcal{M}_i$? In this paper, we present some results concerning random products of countably infinitely many projections $\{P_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty}$ that incorporates the notion of an infinite-periodic function. More precisely, we introduce a new class of functions $σ\colon \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$, called infinite-periodic functions, and rigorously show that the sequence $\{T_n x\}$ defined by \[ T_1 := P_{σ(1)}\quad \mbox{and} \quad T_n := P_{σ(n)} T_{n-1} \quad \text{for all } n \geq 2, \] for $x \in \mathscr{H}$, converges weakly to $Px$, where $P$ is the projection onto $\bigcap_{j=1}^{\infty} \mathcal{R}(P_j)$. We also provide some technical examples to illustrate our results.