On the renormalizations of circle homeomorphisms with several break points

Abstract

Let $f$ be an orientation preserving homeomorphisms on the circle with several break points, that is, its derivative $Df$ has jump discontinuities at these points. We study Rauzy-Veech renormalizations of piecewise smooth circle homeomorphisms, by considering such maps as generalized interval exchange maps with genus one. Suppose that $Df$ is absolutely continuous on the each interval of continuity and $D\ln{Df}\in \mathbb{L}_{p}$ for some $p>1$. We prove that, under certain combinatorial assumptions on $f$, renormalizations $R^{n}(f)$ are approximated by piecewise M\"{o}bus functions in $C^{1+L_{1}}$-norm, that means, $R^{n}(f)$ are approximated in $C^{1}$-norm and $D^{2}R^{n}(f)$ are approximated in $L_{1}$-norm. In particular, if $f$ has trivial product of size of breaks, then the renormalizations are approximated by piecewise affine interval exchange maps.