Minimal non uniquely ergodic flipped IETs

Abstract

In this paper we prove the existence of minimal non uniquely ergodic flipped IETs. In particular, we build explicitly minimal non uniquely ergodic $(10,k)$-IETs for any $1\le k\le 10$. This answers an open question posed in [C.~Gutierrez, S.~Lloyd, V.~Medvedev, B.~Pires, and E.~Zhuzhoma.Transitive circle exchange transformations with flips. Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst.,26 (1):251--263, 2010]. As a consequence, we also derive the existence of transitive non uniquely ergodic $(n,k)$-IETs, for any $n\ge 10$ and $1\le k\le n$ if $n$ is even, and $1\le k\le n-1$ if $n$ is odd.