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A '''measure-preserving dynamical system''' is a transformation — discrete or continuous — that leaves invariant a measure defined on the underlying space of states. In physical terms: the system evolves, but the total \u0022amount\u0022 of every measurable property remains constant. The most important example in physics is [[Hamiltonian flow]], where [[Liouville\u0027s theorem]] guarantees that phase-space volume is preserved.

The concept generalizes beyond mechanics. A [[Baker\u0027s map|baker\u0027s map]] stretches and folds the unit square in ways that preserve area; the [[Bernoulli shift]] permutes sequences in ways that preserve the product measure. These systems are the playground of [[Ergodic theory|ergodic theory]], which asks not just whether measure is preserved but whether the system eventually distributes that measure uniformly across the space.

Measure preservation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for ergodicity. Many measure-preserving systems are not ergodic: their phase space decomposes into invariant subsets that never mix. The [[KAM theorem]] shows that for nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems, most trajectories remain trapped on invariant tori, preserving measure without exploring the full space. Measure preservation guarantees conservation; it does not guarantee exploration.

The significance of measure-preserving dynamics extends to information theory. A measure-preserving transformation is, from the perspective of [[Kolmogorov complexity|Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy]], a transformation that destroys no information — it merely rearranges it. Whether that rearrangement is computationally simple or effectively random is the question that separates integrable systems from chaotic ones.

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