CHARACTERISTIC LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS AND SMOOTH ERGODIC THEORY

CONTENTSPart I § 1. Introduction § 2. Prerequisites from ergodic theory § 3. Basic properties of the characteristic exponents of dynamical systems § 4. Properties of local stable manifoldsPart II § 5. The entropy of smooth dynamical systems § 6. "Measurable foliations". Description of the π-partition § 7. Ergodicity of a diffeomorphism with non-zero exponents on a set of positive measure. The K-property § 8. The Bernoullian property § 9. Flows § 10. Geodesic flows on closed Riemannian manifolds without focal pointsReferences

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