Operator Theoretic Aspects of Ergodic Theory

What is Ergodic Theory?.- Topological Dynamical Systems.- Minimality and Recurrence.- The C*-algebra C(K) and the Koopman Operator.- Measure-Preserving Systems.- Recurrence and Ergodicity.- The Banach Lattice Lp and the Koopman Operator.- The Mean Ergodic Theorem.- Mixing Dynamical Systems.- Mean Ergodic Operators on C(K).- The Pointwise Ergodic Theorem.- Isomorphisms and Topological Models.- Markov Operators.- Compact Semigroups and Groups.- Topological Dynamics Revisited.- The Jacobs-de Leeuw-Glicksberg Decomposition.- Dynamical Systems with Discrete Spectrum.- A Glimpse at Arithmetic Progressions.- Joinings.- The Host-Kra-Tao Theorem.- More Ergodic Theorems.- Appendix A: Topology.- Appendix B: Measure and Integration Theory.- Appendix C: Functional Analysis.- Appendix D: The Riesz Representation Theorem.- Appendix E: Theorems of Eberlein, Grothendieck, and Ellis.