Potentials on the two-torus for which the Hamiltonian flow is ergodic (Q2640206)

The authors examine the motion of a point particle in the potential field on a two-dimensional torus of symmetric potentials of finite range. Three different classes of potentials are discussed: attracting, repelling and mixed (including smooth potentials without singularities) that lead to Hamiltonian systems which have positive Lyapunov exponent almost everywhere and are ergodic.