Poincaré recurrence theorem
Let be a probability space and let be a measure preserving transformation.
Theorem 1.
For any ,the set of those points of such that for all has zero measure. That is, almost every point of returns to. In fact, almost every point returns infinitely often; i.e.
The following is a topological version of this theorem:
Theorem 2.
If is a second countable Hausdorff space and contains the Borel sigma-algebra, then theset of recurrent points of has full measure. That is, almost everypoint is recurrent.