Birkhoff Recurrence Theorem
Let be a continuous tranformation in a compact
metric space . Then, there exists some point that is recurrent to , that is, there exists a sequence
such that when .
Several proofs of this theorem are available. It may be obtained from topological arguments together with Zorn’s lemma. It is also a consequence of Krylov-Bogolyubov theorem, or existence of invariant probability measures theorem, which asserts that every continuous transformation in a compact metric space admits an invariant probability measure, and an application of Poincaré Recurrence theorem to that invariant probability measure yields Birkhoff Recurrence theorem.
There is also a generalization of Birkhoff recurrence theorem for multiple commuting transformations
, known as Birkhoff Multiple Recurrence theorem.