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Introduction to Smooth Ergodic Theory

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Luis Barreira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and Yakov Pesin, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Publication: Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Publication Year: 2013; Volume 148
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-9853-6 (print); 978-1-4704-0972-2 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/gsm/148
MathSciNet review: MR3076414
MSC: Primary 37-01; Secondary 37C40, 37D10, 37D25

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Front/Back Matter

Part 1. The core of the theory

Part 2. Selected advanced topics

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