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An outline of ergodic theory / Steven Kalikow, Randall McCutcheon.

By: Kalikow, Steven, 1950-.
Contributor(s): McCutcheon, Randall, 1965-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; 122.Publisher: New Delhi : New Delhi : Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2010Description: viii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521194402 (hardback); 9780521170314(pbk.).Subject(s): Ergodic theory | Isomorphisms (Mathematics)Genre/Form: Einfuhrung.DDC classification: 515/.48 Other classification: SK 340
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Measure-theoretic preliminaries; 2. Measure preserving systems, stationary processes; 3. Martingales and coupling; 4. Entropy; 5. Bernoulli transformations; 6. Ornstein isomorphism theorem; 7. Varieties of mixing; Appendix; References; Index.
Summary: An engaging introduction to ergodic theory for graduate students, and a useful reference for the professional mathematician. Gifted by NBHM.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Measure-theoretic preliminaries; 2. Measure preserving systems, stationary processes; 3. Martingales and coupling; 4. Entropy; 5. Bernoulli transformations; 6. Ornstein isomorphism theorem; 7. Varieties of mixing; Appendix; References; Index.

An engaging introduction to ergodic theory for graduate students, and a useful reference for the professional mathematician. Gifted by NBHM.