Associations to the word «Ergodic»

Wiktionary

ERGODIC, adjective. (mathematics) (physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state.
ERGODIC, adjective. (statistics) (engineering) Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
ERGODIC THEORIES, noun. Plural of ergodic theory
ERGODIC THEORY, noun. (mathematics) (uncountable) The study of the properties of dynamic systems over large timescales.
ERGODIC THEORY, noun. (mathematics) Any of a number of different formulations or schools of thought within ergodic theory as a whole.

Dictionary definition

ERGODIC, adjective. Positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions.

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