[211.2.1] In classical mechanics the commutative algebra of
observables is the
algebra of continuous functions on
phase space
, that vanish at infinitye (This is a footnote:) e
This means that for each
and
there is a compact subset
such that
for all
..
[211.2.2] The characters (pure states) are point measures
on phase space
, and one has the
isomorphism
.
[211.2.3] By the Riesz representation theorem the states
in classical mechanics are probability measures on phase space
.
[211.2.4] Every state
gives
rise to a probability measure space
where
is the
-algebra of measurable subsets of
phase space
.
[211.3.1] Let be an invertible map
such that
and
are both measurable,
i.e. such that
where
for
.
[211.3.2] The map
is called a measure preserving transformation
and the measure
on
is called
invariant under
, if
for all
.
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[212.0.1] An invariant measure is called ergodic
with respect to
, if it cannot
be decomposed into a convex combination of
-invariant measures.
[212.1.1] Here and in the following
the measure preserving transformation is
the adjoint time evolution
which is denoted more briefly as
.
[212.1.2] Pure states (characters) are not invariant under
.
[212.1.3] Examples of invariant probability measures are furnished by the set of
equilibrium states of a conservative system with Hamiltonian dynamics.
[212.1.4] If
is an equilibrium state of a conservative system
then
is a measure preserving
system.