Conditional Proof of the Ergodic Conjecture for Falling Ball Systems

DOI10.1090/CONM/797/15935arXiv2211.10874MaRDI QIDQ6417832FDOQ6417832

Authors: Nándor Simányi 

Publication date: 20 November 2022

Abstract: In this paper we present a conditional proof of Wojtkowski's Ergodicity Conjecture for the system of 1D perfectly elastic balls falling down in a half line under constant gravitational acceleration. Namely, we prove that almost every such system is (completely hyperbolic and) ergodic, by assuming the transversality between different singularities and between singularities and stable (unstable) invariant manifolds.

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing (37A25) Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Stability theory for smooth dynamical systems (37C75) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83) Symmetries and invariants of dynamical systems (37C79)

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