Introduction to ergodic theory /

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Author / Creator:Sinaĭ, I͡A. G. (I͡Akov Grigorʹevich), 1935-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1976.
Description:144 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Russian
Series:Mathematical notes ; 18
Mathematical notes (Princeton University Press) 18.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/133178
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ISBN:0691081824 : $6.00
Notes:Based on a series of lectures given at the Moscow and Erevan State Universities.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lecture 1.. Fundamental Problems of Ergodic Theory
  • Lecture 2.. The Problem of the Existence of an Invariant Measure
  • Lecture 3.. Translations on Compact Abelian Groups, Their Applications and Generalizations
  • Lecture 4.. Certain Applications of Ergodic Theory to the Theory of Numbers
  • Lecture 5.. A Second Proof of the Ergodicity of the Rotation of a Circle and Permutations
  • Lecture 6.. Dynamical Systems with Continuous Time
  • Lecture 7.. Linear Hamiltonian Systems
  • Lecture 8.. Ergodic Theory of an Ideal Gas
  • Lecture 9.. Geodesic Flows on Riemannian Manifolds
  • Lecture 10.. Billiards
  • Lecture 11.. Dynamical Systems on the Two Dimensional Torus
  • Lecture 12.. Dynamical Systems Arising in the Theory of Probability
  • Lecture 13.. Gaussian Systems
  • Lecture 14.. The Entropy of a Dynamical System
  • Lecture 15.. The Entropy of a Dynamical System (Continuation)
  • The Entropy of Billiards inside a Polygon