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Annals of Mathematics, 165 (2007), 637–664
Weak mixing for interval exchange transformations and translation flows
By Artur Avila and Giovanni Forni*
Abstract We prove that a typical interval exchange transformation is either weakly mixing or it is an irrational rotation. We also conclude that a typical trans- lation flow on a typical translation surface of genus g ≥ 2 (with prescribed singularity types) is weakly mixing.
1. Introduction Let d ≥ 2 be a natural number and let π be an irreducible permutation { } { } { } ≤ ∈ Rd of 1,...,d ; that is, π 1,...,k = 1,...,k ,1 k