Quantum ergodicity in a quantum measure algebra

This paper is divided into two parts. Part I assembles three pieces of background necessary to develop the logic behind this result. Section IA is devoted to classical algebraic ergodic theory (AET). Section IB briefly discusses random matrix theory (RMT) which should require very little development since a large fraction of this volume is devoted to this subject. Section IC reviews the concepts in quantum ''phase'' space flow (P(a,b)'s and p/sub n//sup a/'s). Part II develops what the authors will call quantum AET (the quantum analog of classical AET). Section IIA presents the formal development with the new definitions. Section IIB discusses intensity fluctuations in quantum ergodic (QE) spectra, leading to the somewhat surprising result that in a QE system a pure, real, smooth state samples only about 1/3 of its available space