Certain systems of three falling balls satisfy the Chernov-Sinai ansatz

DOI10.4064/SM180519-2-10zbMATH Open1437.37029arXiv2009.05543OpenAlexW2957872440WikidataQ127484609 ScholiaQ127484609MaRDI QIDQ5207344FDOQ5207344

Authors: M. Hofbauer-Tsiflakos 

Publication date: 19 December 2019

Published in: Studia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The system of falling balls is an autonomous Hamiltonian system with a smooth invariant measure and non-zero Lyapunov exponents almost everywhere. For almost three decades new, the question of its ergodicity remains open. We contribute to the solution of the erogodicity conjecture for three falling balls with a specific mass ratio in the following two points: First, we prove the Chernov-Sinai ansatz. Second, we prove that there is an abundance of sufficiently expanding points. It is of special interest that for the aforementioned specific mass ratio, the configuration space can be unfolded to a billiard table, where the proper alignment condition holds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05543

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian systemLyapunov exponentsergodicity conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing (37A25) Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30) Smooth ergodic theory, invariant measures for smooth dynamical systems (37C40) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83)

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