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On the work of V. A. Rokhlin in ergodic theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Benjamin Weiss
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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The impact of V. A. Rokhlin's work in ergodic theory is discussed with particular emphasis on his famous lemma and its generalizations and his foundational work on measurable partitions.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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