An invertible measure-preserving system is ergodic exactly when the fixed space of its Koopman operator on consists only of almost-everywhere constant functions. One direction applies invariance to level sets; the other applies it to indicator functions of invariant sets.
Invertible measure-preserving system 2026-09-28
An invertible measure-preserving system has a measurable inverse modulo null sets and preserves its measure in both time directions. Its Koopman operator on is unitary.
The map is invertible with respect to when there is a measurable such thatalmost everywhere. For an invertible measure-preserving system, , so its Koopman operator is unitary.
The map is a measure-preserving transformation whenfor every Borel set , equivalently . In this case its Koopman operator is an isometry on .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 358 3 a i Solution 2026-09-28
The map is a nonsingular transformation with respect to whenEquivalently, the pushforward measure satisfies .
For an essentially bounded observable , define the Koopman operatorNonsingularity makes this well defined on almost-everywhere equivalence classes. By the Radon-Nikodym theorem,Consequently the bounded Koopman operator criterion is