On the history of the isomorphism problem of dynamical systems with special regard to von Neumann's contribution
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ergodic theorymeasure preserving transformationspectral isomorphismJohn von Neumannspatial isomorphism
History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Entropy and other invariants (28D20) Entropy and other invariants, isomorphism, classification in ergodic theory (37A35) Ergodic theory of linear operators (47A35) History of statistical mechanics (82-03) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)
Abstract: This paper reviews some major episodes in the history of the spatial isomorphism problem of dynamical systems theory (ergodic theory). In particular, by analysing, both systematically and in historical context, a hitherto unpublished letter written in 1941 by John von Neumann to Stanislaw Ulam, this paper clarifies von Neumann's contribution to discovering the relationship between spatial isomorphism and spectral isomorphism. The main message of the paper is that von Neumann's argument described in his letter to Ulam is the very first proof that spatial isomorphism and spectral isomorphism are not equivalent because spectral isomorphism is weaker than spatial isomorphism: von Neumann shows that spectrally isomorphic ergodic dynamical systems with mixed spectra need not be spatially isomorphic.
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