phase space
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(physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance
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a multidimensional phase space
An observable a is a function that to each point of the phase space associates a number (say instantaneous pressure, or average height).
At this point the phase space changes qualitatively and the dynamical system is said to have gone through a bifurcation.
Correcting overcounting in phase space Typically, the phase space contains duplicates of the same physical state in multiple distinct locations.
Different initial conditions of the integrable Hamiltonian system will trace different invariant tori in phase space.
Ergodic systems main In many dynamical systems, it is possible to choose the coordinates of the system so that the volume (really a ν-dimensional volume) in phase space is invariant.