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Sharpness of Denjoy's Theorem

Analysis · posed by Michael Herman, 1979 · solved

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Denjoy's 1932 theorem says a C1+bvC^{1+\mathrm{bv}} circle diffeomorphism with irrational rotation number has no wandering interval. Whether it is sharp in regularity: for every concave modulus of continuity ω\omega weaker than Lipschitz, there is a C1+ωC^{1+\omega} circle diffeomorphism with irrational rotation number and a wandering interval. The case ω(t)=tlog(1/t)\omega(t) = t\log(1/t) settles an open problem going back to Herman's 1979 work, which had constructions only for ω(t)=tlog(1/t)1+ε\omega(t) = t\log(1/t)^{1+\varepsilon}.

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Closes the regularity gap left by Herman's 1979 constructions, which had stood as the boundary of Denjoy's theorem for over forty years.

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    constructionGPT-5.6 Sol Ultra; Claude Fable 5 with Rohil Prasad ·
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    The AI use section says the author prompted GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra to construct a Denjoy example for the modulus tlog(1/t)t\log(1/t), which is the corollary settling Herman's case, and used Claude Fable 5 to search for errors.

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