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We propose a method for proving that a toral partition into polygons is a Markov partition for a given toral $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation, i.e., $mathbb{Z}^2$-action defined by rotations on a torus. If $mathcal{X}_{mathcal{P},R}$ denotes the symbolic dynamical system corresponding to a partition $mathcal{P}$ and $mathbb{Z}^2$-action $R$ such that $R$ is Cartesian on a sub-domain $W$, we express the 2-dimensional configurations in $mathcal{X}_{mathcal{P},R}$ as the image under a $2$-dimensional morphism (up to a shift) of a configuration in $mathcal{X}_{widehat{mathcal{P}}|_W,widehat{R}|_W}$ where $widehat{mathcal{P}}|_W$ is the induced partition and $widehat{R}|_W$ is the induced $mathbb{Z}^2$-action on the sub-domain $W$. The induced $mathbb{Z}^2$-action extends the notion of Rauzy induction of IETs to the case of $mathbb{Z}^2$-actions where subactions are polytope exchange transformations. This allows to describe $mathcal{X}_{mathcal{P},R}$ by a $S$-adic sequence of 2-dimensional morphisms. We apply the method on one example and we obtain a sequence of 2-dimensional morphisms which is eventually periodic leading to a self-induced partition. We prove that its substitutive structure is the same as the substitutive structure of the minimal subshift $X_0$ of the Jeandel-Rao Wang shift computed in an earlier work by the author. As a consequence, we deduce the equality of the two subshifts and it implies that the partition is a Markov partition for the associated toral $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation since $X_0$ is a shift of finite type. It also implies that $X_0$ is uniquely ergodic and is isomorphic to the toral $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation $R_0$ which can be seen as a generalization for 2-dimensional subshifts of the relation between Sturmian sequences and irrational rotations on a circle. Batteries included: the algorithms and the code to reproduce the proofs are provided.
We define a partition $mathcal{P}_0$ and a $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation ($mathbb{Z}^2$-action defined by rotations) on a 2-dimensional torus whose associated symbolic dynamical system is a minimal proper subshift of the Jeandel-Rao aperiodic Wang shift defined by 11 Wang tiles. We define another partition $mathcal{P}_mathcal{U}$ and a $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation on $mathbb{T}^2$ whose associated symbolic dynamical system is equal to a minimal and aperiodic Wang shift defined by 19 Wang tiles. This proves that $mathcal{P}_mathcal{U}$ is a Markov partition for the $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation on $mathbb{T}^2$. We prove in both cases that the toral $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotation is the maximal equicontinuous factor of the minimal subshifts and that the set of fiber cardinalities of the factor map is ${1,2,8}$. The two minimal subshifts are uniquely ergodic and are isomorphic as measure-preserving dynamical systems to the toral $mathbb{Z}^2$-rotations. It provides a construction of these Wang shifts as model sets of 4-to-2 cut and project schemes. A do-it-yourself puzzle is available in the appendix to illustrate the results.
A group $G$ is said to be periodic if for any $gin G$ there exists a positive integer $n$ with $g^n=id$. We prove that a finitely generated periodic group of homeomorphisms on the 2-torus that preserves a measure $mu$ is finite. Moreover if the group consists in homeomorphisms isotopic to the identity, then it is abelian and acts freely on $mathbb{T}^2$. In the Appendix, we show that every finitely generated 2-group of toral homeomorphisms is finite.
We introduce a definition of admissibility for subintervals in interval exchange transformations. Using this notion, we prove a property of the natural codings of interval exchange transformations, namely that any derived set of a regular interval exchange set is a regular interval exchange set with the same number of intervals. Derivation is taken here with respect to return words. We characterize the admissible intervals using a branching version of the Rauzy induction. We also study the case of regular interval exchange transformations defined over a quadratic field and show that the set of factors of such a transformation is primitive morphic. The proof uses an extension of a result of Boshernitzan and Carroll.
The Arnoux-Rauzy systems are defined in cite{ar}, both as symbolic systems on three letters and exchanges of six intervals on the circle. In connection with a conjecture of S.P. Novikov, we investigate the dynamical properties of the interval exchanges, and precise their relation with the symbolic systems, which was known only to be a semi-conjugacy; in order to do this, we define a new system which is an exchange of nine intervals on the line (it was described in cite{abb} for a particular case). Our main result is that the semi-conjugacy determines a measure-theoretic isomorphism (between the three systems) under a diophantine (sufficient) condition, which is satisfied by almost all Arnoux-Rauzy systems for a suitable measure; but, under another condition, the interval exchanges are not uniquely ergodic and the isomorphism does not hold for all invariant measures; finally, we give conditions for these interval exchanges to be weakly mixing.
We obtain a sufficient condition for a substitution ${mathbb Z}$-action to have pure singular spectrum in terms of the top Lyapunov exponent of the spectral cocycle introduced in arXiv:1802.04783 by the authors. It is applied to a family of examples, including those associated with self-similar interval exchange transformations.