Weak mixing for interval exchange transformations and translation flows

We prove that a typical interval exchange transformation is either weakly mixing or it is an irrational rotation. We also conclude that a typical translation flow on a typical translation surface of genus g ≥ 2 (with prescribed singularity types) is weakly mixing.

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