MTH 831 (Fall 2018): Ergodic Theory
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-8762
Office Hours: M 3-4pm, W 2-3pm.
Lectures: TR 2:00-3:20pm
Room: Math 235
- Course Description
- This is an introductory course on ergodic theory. We shall
discuss the basics of group actions in both topological setting
and measure-theoretic setting: ergodicity, weak mixing, mixing,
recurrence, minimality, measure entropy, topological entropy,
and variational principle.
Recommended Reading
An Introduction to Ergodic Theory
by Walters,
Ergodic Theory with a view towards
Number Theory by Einsiedler and Ward,
Ergodic Theory:
Independence and Dichotomies by
Kerr and Li.
Prerequisite
Basics of measure
theory: MTH 534.
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