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A measure preserving Borel automorphism σ on a probability space (X, Ɓ, m) is said to be ergodic if for every A ∈ B invariant under σ, m(A) = 0 or m(X − A) = 0.
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Nadkarni, M.G. (2013). Ergodicity. In: Basic Ergodic Theory. Texts and Readings in Mathematics, vol 6. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-53-8_3
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