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:''This article is about ergodic theory. For multicomponent systems see [[Mixtures]]'' | |||
Systems that '''mix''' have a tendency over the course of time to head towards a state of statistical equilibrium. Mixing implies [[Ergodic hypothesis | ergodicity]]. In 1963 (Ref. 3) Sinai outlined a proof that a system of <math>N</math> [[hard sphere model| hard spheres]] enclosed within a cube which has perfectly reflecting walls | Systems that '''mix''' have a tendency over the course of time to head towards a state of statistical equilibrium. Mixing implies [[Ergodic hypothesis | ergodicity]]. In 1963 (Ref. 3) Sinai outlined a proof that a system of <math>N</math> [[hard sphere model| hard spheres]] enclosed within a cube which has perfectly reflecting walls | ||
is ergodic and mixing. | is ergodic and mixing. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 30 July 2008
- This article is about ergodic theory. For multicomponent systems see Mixtures
Systems that mix have a tendency over the course of time to head towards a state of statistical equilibrium. Mixing implies ergodicity. In 1963 (Ref. 3) Sinai outlined a proof that a system of hard spheres enclosed within a cube which has perfectly reflecting walls is ergodic and mixing.
References[edit]
- Eberhard Hopf "Complete Transitivity and the Ergodic Principle", PNAS 18 pp. 204-209 (1932)
- B. O. Koopman and J. v. Neumann "Dynamical Systems of Continuous Spectra", PNAS 18 pp. 255-263 (1932)
- Ya. G. Sinai "On the Foundation of the Ergodic Hypothesis for a Dynamical System of Statistical Mechanics", Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 153 pp. 1261–1264 (1963) (English version: Soviet Math. Doklady 4 pp. 1818-1822 (1963))