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Mixing automorphisms of compact groups and a theorem of Schlickewei

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We prove that every mixing ℤd by automorphisms of a compact, connected, abelian group is mixing of all orders.

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  1. Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK

    Klaus Schmidt

  2. Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA

    Tom Ward

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Oblatum 5-II-1992

The second author gratefully acknowledges support from NSF grant DMS-91-03056 at the Ohio State University

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Schmidt, K., Ward, T. Mixing automorphisms of compact groups and a theorem of Schlickewei. Invent Math 111, 69–76 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231280

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