Published July 1, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Diophantine and minimal but not uniquely ergodic (almost)

  • 1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman MT 59717-2400 (United States)

Description

We demonstrate that minimal non-uniquely ergodic behaviour can be generated by slowing down a simple harmonic oscillator with diophantine frequency, in contrast with the known examples where the frequency is well approximable by the rationals. The slowing is effected by a singular time change that brings one phase point to rest. The time one-map of the flow has uncountably many invariant measures yet every orbit is dense, with the minor exception of the rest point

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/25/7/2027

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0951-7715/25/7/2027;
PII
S0951-7715(12)08294-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nonlinearity (Print)
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 2027-2037
ISSN
0951-7715

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46002438
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ERGODIC HYPOTHESIS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; ORBITS; SLOWING-DOWN
Descriptors DEC
HYPOTHESIS