Ergodic Theory

Irrational rotation · Arnold cat map · Birkhoff average convergence

Controls

α = 0.618π
N = 2000
Iterations: 0
Birkhoff avg:
Expected (ergodic): 0.5
Irrational rotation Rα: x↦x+α (mod 1) is uniquely ergodic when α∉ℚ — every orbit is dense and equidistributed. Birkhoff's theorem: time average → space average.

Arnold cat map [[2,1],[1,1]] on T² is Anosov ergodic — exponential mixing, positive entropy ln φ.

Weyl criterion: equidistribution iff all Fourier modes → 0.