Derived sequences of complementary symmetric Rote sequences

Complementary symmetric Rote sequences are binary sequences which have factor complexity C(n) = 2n for all integers n ≥ 1 and whose languages are closed under the exchange of letters. These sequences are intimately linked to Sturmian sequences. Using this connection we investigate the return words and the derived sequences to the prefixes of any complementary symmetric Rote sequence v which is associated with a standard Sturmian sequence u. We show that any non-empty prefix of v has three return words. We prove that any derived sequence of v is coding of three interval exchange transformation and we determine the parameters of this transformation. We also prove that v is primitive substitutive if and only if u is primitive substitutive. Moreover, if the sequence u is a fixed point of a primitive morphism, then all derived sequences of v are also fixed by primitive morphisms. In that case we provide an algorithm for finding these fixing morphisms.

There exists a topologically mixing interval exchange transformation

We prove the existence of a topologically mixing interval exchange transformation and prove that no interval exchange is topologically mixing of all orders.

Persistence of wandering intervals in self-similar affine interval exchange transformations

In this article we prove that given a self-similar interval exchange transformation T(λ,π), whose associated matrix verifies a quite general algebraic condition, there exists an affine interval exchange transformation with wandering intervals that is semi-conjugated to it. That is, in this context the existence of Denjoy counterexamples occurs very often, generalizing the result of Cobo [Piece-wise affine maps conjugate to interval exchanges. Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys.22 (2002), 375–407].