Upgrading the local ergodic theorem for planar semi-dispersing billiards

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-9927-6zbMATH Open1191.82006arXiv0705.4125OpenAlexW3100139601MaRDI QIDQ970550FDOQ970550

Authors: Nikolai Chernov, Nándor Simányi 

Publication date: 19 May 2010

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Local Ergodic Theorem (also known as the `Fundamental Theorem') gives sufficient conditions under which a phase point has an open neighborhood that belongs (mod 0) to one ergodic component. This theorem is a key ingredient of many proofs of ergodicity for billiards and, more generally, for smooth hyperbolic maps with singularities. However the proof of that theorem relies upon a delicate assumption (Chernov-Sinai Ansatz), which is difficult to check for some physically relevant models, including gases of hard balls. Here we give a proof of the Local Ergodic Theorem for two dimensional billiards without using the Ansatz.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.4125

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zbMATH Keywords

ergodicityBoltzmann-Sinai hypothesissemi-dispersing billiardshard balls

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30) Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

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