Table of Contents

What is Ergodic Theory?.- Topological Dynamical Systems.- Minimality and Recurrence.- The C*-algebra C(K) and the Koopman Operator.- Measure-Preserving Systems.- Recurrence and Ergodicity.- The Banach Lattice Lp and the Koopman Operator.- The Mean Ergodic Theorem.- Mixing Dynamical Systems.- Mean Ergodic Operators on C(K).- The Pointwise Ergodic Theorem.- Isomorphisms and Topological Models.- Markov Operators.- Compact Semigroups and Groups.- Topological Dynamics Revisited.- The Jacobs–de Leeuw–Glicksberg Decomposition.- Dynamical Systems with Discrete Spectrum.- A Glimpse at Arithmetic Progressions.- Joinings.- The Host–Kra–​Tao Theorem.- More Ergodic Theorems.- Appendix A: Topology.- Appendix B: Measure and Integration Theory.- Appendix C: Functional Analysis.- Appendix D: The Riesz Representation Theorem.- Appendix E: Theorems of Eberlein, Grothendieck, and Ellis.

About the Author

Tanja Eisner is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Leipzig. Bálint Farkas is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wuppertal. Markus Haase is a Professor of Mathematics at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics. Rainer Nagel is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Tübingen. 

Reviews

“This book can serve as a good introduction to an active research area. Each chapter ends with a nice list of exercises. At the end of the book complementary material can be found on measure theory, functional analysis, operator theory, the Riesz representation theorem, and more. This makes the book self-contained. The book has the potential to become a basic reference in this field.” (Idris Assani, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2017)