Conditional proof of the Boltzmann-Sinai ergodic hypothesis

DOI10.1007/S00222-009-0182-XzbMATH Open1178.37038arXivmath/0605358OpenAlexW3102240784MaRDI QIDQ2390929FDOQ2390929

Authors: Nándor Simányi 

Publication date: 10 August 2009

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the system of $N$ ($ge2$) elastically colliding hard balls of masses $m_1,\mathrm{...},m_N$ and radius $r$ on the flat unit torus $Bbb{T}^u$, $uge2$. We prove the so called Boltzmann-Sinai Ergodic Hypothesis, i. e. the full hyperbolicity and ergodicity of such systems for every selection $(m_1,\mathrm{...},m_N;r)$ of the external geometric parameters, provided that almost every singular orbit is geometrically hyperbolic (sufficient), i. e. the so called Chernov-Sinai Ansatz is true. The present proof does not use the formerly developed, rather involved algebraic techniques, instead it employs exclusively dynamical methods and tools from geometric analysis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3112

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic properties of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D05)

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