Conjectural minimality criterion for Veech extensions with m=mˉn+1m=\bar m n+1

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Let 0<α<10<\alpha<1 be irrational, let TT be the rotation by angle α\alpha, viewed as a two-interval exchange with discontinuity 1−α1-\alpha, and let TfT_f be the Veech extension from Definition with q=1q=1. Suppose 0<ζ1=mα−n<10<\zeta_1=m\alpha-n<1, where m=mˉn+1m=\bar m n+1 and mˉ≥1\bar m\geq1. Minimality conjecture. The transformation TfT_f is minimal if and only if

(N,a1+(mˉ−1)a2,ma2)=1.(N,a_1+(\bar m-1)a_2,ma_2)=1.

This is presented as a generalization of case (vi)(vi) and is supported in the source by hand computations for small values; the other cases of the general criterion are described as unresolved there.

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Sébastien Ferenczi and Pascal Hubert, “Minimality and unique ergodicity of Veech 1969 type interval exchange transformations”, arXiv:2103.09018 (2021).

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