On disjointness of 3-IETs from mixing and lightly mixing systems

Przemysław Berk

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On disjointness of 3-IETs from mixing and lightly mixing systems

Przemysław Berk

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In this note we show that all interval exchange transformations of three intervals (3-IETs) are spectrally disjoint from all mixing and disjoint from lightly mixing systems. Until now, it was known that almost every 3-IET is rigid, which implies this property. However, not all 3-IETs are rigid, hence our result is a strict improvement of current knowledge. We then use this result, among many others, to prove that although some 3-IETs are mildly mixing, they are always disjoint in the sense of Furstenberg from lightly mixing systems.

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Przemysław Berk. 2026-10-12. On disjointness of 3-IETs from mixing and lightly mixing systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.16657

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