摘要

Let M be a von Neumann algebra equipped with a normal semifinite faithful trace tau. Let T be a positive linear contraction on M such that tau circle T <= tau and such that the numerical range of T as an operator on L-2(M) is contained in a Stoltz region with vertex 1. We show that Junge and Xu's noncommutative Stein maximal ergodic inequality holds for the powers of T on L-p(M), 1 < p <= infinity. We apply this result to obtain the noncommutative analogue of a recent result of Cohen concerning the iterates of the product of a finite number of conditional expectations.