Classification of rotations on the torus $\mathbb{T}^2$

Nicolas Bédaride

Published 2012-05-23Version 1

We consider rotations on the torus $\mathbb{T}^2$, and we classify them with respect to the complexity functions. In dimension one, a minimal rotation can be coded by a sturmian word. A sturmian word has complexity $n+1$ by the Morse-Hedlund theorem. Here we make a generalization in dimension two.