Meanings
nounergodic theory (countable and uncountable, plural ergodic theories)
plural ergodic theories
- uncountablemathematicsThe study of the properties of dynamical systems over large timescales.
- countableuncountablemathematicsAny of a number of different formulations or schools of thought within ergodic theory as a whole.
They pointed out that the microscopic ergodic theories of John von Neumann and Eberhard Hopf are not relevant to the problem of ergodic behavior in molecules.
1994, Ahmed Zewail, Femtochemistry: Ultrafast Dynamics of the Chemical Bond - Volume 1
Translations
German Ergodentheorie
- Ergodentheoriestudy of the properties of dynamical systems over large timescales
Polish teoria ergodyczna
- teoria ergodycznastudy of the properties of dynamical systems over large timescales
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