Talk:Recurrence period density entropy

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There is much work on statistics of recurrence times. It goes back until 1947 (and maybe earlier). Therefore, it would be better to use the term "recurrence time" instead of "recurrence period".

M. Kac: On the notion of recurrence in discrete stochastic processes, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 53, 1002-1010 (1947).
V. Balakrishnan, G. Nicolis, C. Nicolis: Recurrence time statistics in deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems in continuous time: A comparison, Physical Review E, 61(3), 2490–2499 (2000).
and many more —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pucicu (talk • contribs) 07:57, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]