Ergodic theorems and the basis of science |
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Authors: | Karl Petersen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics CB 3250 Phillips Hall, University of North Carolina, 27599 Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | New results in ergodic theory show that averages of repeated measurements will typically diverge with probability one if there are random errors in the measurement of time. Since mean-square convergence of the averages is not so susceptible to these anomalies, we are led again to compare the mean and pointwise ergodic theorems and to reconsider efforts to determine properties of a stochastic process from the study of a generic sample path. There are also implications for models of time and the interaction between observer and observable.Supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9203489. The author thanks Klaus Schmidt and Máté Wierdl for illuminating discussions. |
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