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Aug 30, 2016 at 3:50 comment added Martin Sleziak Perhaps this could count as a generalization: Fekete's lemma for real functions (math.SE).
Apr 9, 2016 at 17:44 vote accept Salvo Tringali
Feb 20, 2013 at 14:18 answer added Jairo Bochi timeline score: 5
Jun 8, 2012 at 20:30 answer added Denis Serre timeline score: 4
Jun 8, 2012 at 18:58 answer added user22980 timeline score: 2
Jun 8, 2012 at 17:57 comment added Salvo Tringali Thank you, Denis, this definitely fills the bill. Yet, unless I'm misunderstanding your thoughts, I can't figure out by myself how to use Fekete's result to prove the existence of the relevant limit in the definition of the rotation number. How do you show that, given $f: \mathbb{S}^1 \to \mathbb{S}^1$ an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the circle, $F: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ a continuous lift of $f$ and $x$ an arbitrary point in $\mathbb{S}^1$, it is $F^{m+n}(x) \bmod 1 \le F^{m}(x) \bmod 1 + F^{n}(x) \bmod 1$ for all $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$?
Jun 8, 2012 at 16:19 comment added Denis Serre Another crucial application is the definition of the rotation number for a diffeomorphism of the circle.
Jun 8, 2012 at 16:18 comment added Denis Serre I did not know that it bear the name of Fekete. This reminds me the following: one of my best reknowned colleague once submitted a paper where he used the lemma. The referee suggested rejection because it was stated without proof!
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