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A dichotomy between discrete and continuous spectrum for a class of special flows over rotations
We provide sufficient conditions on a positive function so that the associated special flow over any irrational rotation is either weak mixing or $L^2$-conjugate to a suspension flow. This gives the first such complete classification within the class of Liouville dynamics. This rigidity coexists with a plethora of pathological behaviors.