Everywhere interval frequency under an irrational rotation
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Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-28
Every orbit of an irrational rotation of the circle visits a half-open interval with limiting frequency equal to its length. One proof sandwiches the orbit of an arbitrary point between inner and outer intervals along a nearby orbit for which the Birkhoff ergodic theorem holds.
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