Pointwise Ergodic Theorems Along $\lfloor p^c\rfloor$ for Every $c>1$
Let $c>1$ be noninteger, and let $\Lambda$ denote the von Mangoldt function. The averages \[ A_N^{c} f(x):=\frac1N\sum_{n=1}^{N} \Lambda(n)f\bigl(T^{\lfloor n^c\rfloor}x\bigr) \] satisfy the variational estimate \[ \bigl\|\mathcal{V}^r(A_N^{c} f:N\in\mathbb{N})\bigr\|_{L^p(X)} \lesssim_{c,p,r}\|f\|_{L^p(X)} \] for ever...