%0 Journal Article %T Easy and nearly simultaneous proofs of the Ergodic Theorem and Maximal Ergodic Theorem %A Michael Keane %A Karl Petersen %J Mathematics %D 2006 %I arXiv %R 10.1214/074921706000000266 %X We give a short proof of a strengthening of the Maximal Ergodic Theorem which also immediately yields the Pointwise Ergodic Theorem. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0608251v1