This is a follow-up to [this question](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/345921/invariant-ergodic-measure-volterra-operator).


Define the Volterra operator $V$ on $C\_0([0,1])\triangleq \{g \in C([0,1]):g(0)=0\}$ by
$$
f \mapsto \int\_0^{\sqrt{\cdot}} f(s)ds.
$$
Is there an example of an *and locally positive* ergodic and $V$-invariant Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $C\_0([0,1])$?


Note: Locally positive means that for every non-empty open subset $U$ of $C\_0([0,1])$ (with the usual compact-open topology) $\mu(U)>0$. 



Invariant ergodic measure Volterra operator on Continuous Functions
The only $V$-invariant probability measure is the delta concentrated on the origin. A quick way to see it is to look at the conjugate of $V$ with the multiplication operator $M$ by $e^x$. Indeed we have for any $f\in C\_0$ and $x\in[0,1]$


$$\big|M^{-1}VMf(x)\big|=\Big|e^{-x}\int\_0^{\sqrt x}f(s)e^s ds\Big|\le e^{-x}\int\_0^{\sqrt x}e^s ds\|f\|\_\infty =$$$$=e^{-x}\big(e^{\sqrt x}-1\big)\|f\|\_\infty \le{2\over3}\|f\|\_\infty.$$


So $\|M^{-1}VM\|\le 2/3$. This implies that $\|M^{-1}V^nM\|\le (2/3)^n$ for any $n$, and therefore for any $r>0$ we have an inclusion
$V^n(B(0,r))\subset V^nM(B(0,r))\subset B(0, ({2/3})^ner)$, and finally
$$B(0,r)\subset V^{-n}B(0, ({2/3})^ner).$$ 
Being $r$ and $n$ arbitrary, this implies that any $V$-invariant probability measure $\mu$ gives the same value to any nbd of $0$. 


As a general principle, the same conclusion hold for any bounded operator with spectral radius less than $1$: up to conjugation it is a norm contraction, and the same argument applies.


