wandering set

noun

In dynamical systems and ergodic theory, a formalization of a certain idea of movement and mixing.

Meanings

nounwandering set (plural wandering sets)

plural wandering sets

  1. mathematicsIn dynamical systems and ergodic theory, a formalization of a certain idea of movement and mixing.

    Notice that a wandering set has empty intersection with the set of KAM tori […]

    2019, Laurent Lazzarini, Jean-Pierre Marco, David Sauzin, Measure and Capacity of Wandering Domains in Gevrey Near-integrable Exact Symplectic Systems, page 19
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