Uniform closure of a function algebra 2026-10-14
For an algebra on a compact space, its uniform closure consists of functions that are uniform limits of sequences from . It is a closed algebra in the uniform norm, because addition and multiplication preserve uniform convergence for bounded functions. If it contains every constant and separates points, the Stone-Weierstrass theorem makes the closure all of .
Unique ergodicity 2026-10-05
A continuous self-map of a compact metric space is uniquely ergodic when it has exactly one invariant Borel probability measure. An irrational rotation of the circle is uniquely ergodic: invariance multiplies its nonzero-index Fourier coefficients by nontrivial phases, forcing those coefficients to vanish. The Stone-Weierstrass theorem then identifies the invariant measure as normalized Lebesgue measure.