| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The basic theory | |
| Invariant measures and some ergodic theory | p. 5 |
| Invariant measures | p. 5 |
| Poincare recurrence | p. 9 |
| Ergodic measures | p. 9 |
| Ergodic decomposition | p. 10 |
| The ergodic theorem | p. 12 |
| Proof of the ergodic theorem | p. 15 |
| Proof of the ergodic decomposition lemma | p. 18 |
| Notes | p. 19 |
| Ergodic theory for manifolds and Liapunov exponents | p. 21 |
| The subadditive ergodic theorem | p. 21 |
| The subadditive ergodic theorem and diffeomorphisms | p. 22 |
| Oseledec-type theorems | p. 23 |
| Some examples | p. 25 |
| Proof of the Oseledec theorem | p. 31 |
| Further refinements of the Oseledec theorem | p. 36 |
| Proof of the subadditive ergodic theorem | p. 37 |
| Notes | p. 40 |
| Entropy | p. 43 |
| Measure theoretic entropy | p. 43 |
| Measure theoretic entropy and Liapunov exponents | p. 46 |
| Topological entropy | p. 48 |
| Topological entropy and Liapunov exponents | p. 50 |
| Equivalent definitions of measure theoretic entropy | p. 53 |
| Proof of the Pesin-Ruelle inequality | p. 58 |
| Osceledec's theorem, topological entropy and Lie theory | p. 60 |
| Notes | p. 62 |
| The Pesin set and its structure | p. 63 |
| The Pesin set | p. 64 |
| The Pesin set and Liapunov exponents | p. 68 |
| Liapunov metrics on the Pesin set | p. 69 |
| Local distortion | p. 71 |
| Proofs of Propositions 4.1 and 4.2 | p. 73 |
| Liapunov exponents with the same sign | p. 76 |
| Notes | p. 77 |
| An interlude | p. 79 |
| Some topical examples | p. 79 |
| Uniformly hyperbolic diffeomorphisms | p. 83 |
| Shadowing | |
| Closing lemma | |
| Stable manifolds | |
| Notes | p. 85 |
| The applications | |
| Closing lemmas and periodic points | p. 87 |
| Liapunov neighborhoods | p. 87 |
| Shadowing lemma | p. 90 |
| Uniqueness of the shadowing point | p. 94 |
| Closing lemmas | p. 95 |
| An application of the closing lemma | p. 96 |
| Notes | p. 98 |
| Structure of "chaotic" diffeomorphisms | p. 99 |
| The distribution of periodic points | p. 99 |
| The number of periodic points | p. 101 |
| Homoclinic points | p. 103 |
| Generalized Smale horse-shoes | p. 105 |
| Entropy stability | p. 108 |
| Entropy, volume growth and Yomdin's inequality | p. 110 |
| Examples of discontinuity of entropy | p. 115 |
| Proofs of propositions 6.1 and 6.2 | p. 119 |
| Notes | p. 122 |
| Stable manifolds and more measure theory | p. 123 |
| Stable and unstable manifolds | p. 123 |
| Equality in the Pesin-Ruelle inequality | p. 127 |
| Foliations and absolute continuity | p. 129 |
| Ergodic components | p. 132 |
| Proof of stable manifold theorem | p. 133 |
| Ergodic components and absolute continuity | p. 137 |
| Notes | p. 137 |
| Some preliminary measure theory | p. 139 |
| Some preliminary differential geometry | p. 145 |
| Geodesic flows | p. 151 |
| References | p. 155 |
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