Conditional proof of the Boltzmann-Sinai ergodic hypothesis

DOI10.1007/S00222-009-0182-XMaRDI QIDQ2390929zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nándor Simányi

Publication date 10 August 2009

Published in Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3112, https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605358

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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