 Linear growth bound for integrable observables

In a probability measure-preserving system, $f\in L^1$ implies $f(T^{n}x)/n\to 0$ almost everywhere. For every $\epsilon >0$, the tail integral formula for moments gives ${\sum }_{n\ge 1}\mu (|f|>\epsilon n)\le \Vert f{\Vert }_1/\epsilon$. Invariance and the Borel-Cantelli lemma finish the proof. Consequently division by $n^a$ also gives zero for every $a\ge 1$.