Ergodic Theory Course

Time and Place:

• Lecture: Sunday, 15:15-17:00, Ziskind, room 155
• Tutorial: Tuesday, 11:15-12:00, Goldsmith, room 208

Assessment: 20% HW + 80% Final assignment. To get a final grade you must  submit all HW assignments except at most two.

Syllabus

Recommended texts:

• Peter Walters: An introduction to ergodic theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer, 1982
• Karl E. Petersen: Ergodic theory. Cambridge University Press, 1989
• Manfred Einsiedler and Thomas Ward: Ergodic theory with a view towards number theory, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 2010.

Additional resources:

• lecture notes on ergodic theory
• lecture notes on measure theory
• Galton board demonstration
• analysis of coin tossing

Homework

• week 1
• week 2: no HW
• week 3
• week 4
• week 5
• week 6
• week 7+8
• week 9