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Poincaré recurrence theorem
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Poincaré recurrence theorem [‚pwän‚kä′rā ri′kə·rəns ‚thir·əm]
(mathematics)
A volume preserving homeomorphismTof a finite dimensional Euclidean space will have, for almost all pointsx, infinitely many points of the formTi(x),i= 1, 2, … within any open set containingx.
A measure preserving transformation on a space with finite measure is recurrent.


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In addition to its long recurrence time, the segment is unusual in that it is longer than the rupture lengths of other earthquakes in the region.
When did it last move and what has been the recurrence time between earthquakes?
with energy magnitudes in excess of 9 [and] with recurrence times of greater than 400 years cannot be ruled out.
 
 
 
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