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The ergodic properties of expanding piecewiseC 2 maps of the interval are studied. It is shown that such a map is Bernoulli if it is weak-mixing. Conditions are given that imply weak-mixing (and hence Bernoulliness).
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Partially supported by NSF Grant MCS74-19388 and the Sloan Foundation.
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Bowen, R. Bernoulli maps of the interval. Israel J. Math. 28, 161–168 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759791
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