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But the group's results are a major step forward for physicists seeking to create materials that remain out of balance, or equilibrium, for long periods of time -- a pursuit known as "ergodicity breaking."

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

Peters argues that, by quashing indiscriminate assumptions of ergodicity, a bunch of puzzling economic phenomena suddenly make sense.

From Nature • Dec. 3, 2019

It’s a useful tool in thermodynamics — but relying on ergodicity in economics has led to a whole heap of problems, writes mathematician Ole Peters in an in-depth analysis.

From Nature • Dec. 3, 2019

Maybe time’s arrow needs ergodicity as well as entropy.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2014