The ergodic decomposition of conservative Baire measures

Sturgeon, Michael L.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0331517-0

The ergodic decomposition of conservative Baire measures
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (1974), 141-146 Request permission

Abstract:

Certain topological conditions on a Markov transition function are shown sufficient for an integral representation of conservative invariant Baire measures. The analysis incorporates the Choquet-Bishop-de Leeuw extension of the Krein-Milman theorem.

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