Ornstein isomorphism theorem

In mathematics, the Ornstein isomorphism theorem is a deep result in ergodic theory. It states that if two Bernoulli schemes have the same Kolmogorov entropy, then they are isomorphic.[1][2] The result, given by Donald Ornstein in 1970, is important because it states that many systems previously believed to be unrelated are in fact isomorphic; these include all finite stationary stochastic processes, including Markov chains and subshifts of finite type, Anosov flows and Sinai's billiards, ergodic automorphisms of the n-torus, and the continued fraction transform.

  1. ^ Ornstein, Donald (1970). "Bernoulli shifts with the same entropy are isomorphic". Advances in Mathematics. 4 (3): 337–352. doi:10.1016/0001-8708(70)90029-0.
  2. ^ Donald Ornstein, "Ergodic Theory, Randomness and Dynamical Systems" (1974) Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-01745-6