A criterion for a power-law rate of convergence of ergodic means for unitary actions of ℤ^{𝕕} and ℝ^{𝕕}

For averages over parallelepipeds of unitary actions of the groups <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper R Superscript d"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {R}^d</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Z Superscript d"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\mathbb {Z}^d}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , a criterion for a power rate of convergence in norm with all possible exponents is obtained. The proof is based on the asymptotics of the integrals of product of cardinal sines.