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Ergodic theory is the mathematical study of the long-term average behavior of dynamical systems. One well-known result is that after a long period of time, the time mean “approaches” the space mean of the system, which is the belief of Thermo Dynamic and the Kinetic Theory of Gases, as assented by Boltzmann. The fact plays a very important role in dynamical systems today. In this thesis, we concentrate on a discrete time transformation on a compact space and review some classical theory, and then we shall study abstract notions of ergodic theory on topological spaces with/without measure and give some basic but important examples, such as irrational translation with measure and symbolic flow with/without measure (Borel). In a paper [1] of Professor Karl Petersen in 1970, he constructed a topologically strong mixing but not measure strong mixing system with artful method. In the last chapter of this presentation, we will study this Petersen system with detail proofs to clarify some of the statements and justifications of some missed particulars.
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