BV coboundaries over irrational rotations (Q4377150)

Let \(\alpha\) be an irrational real number. A measurable function \(F:[0,1)\to \mathbb{R}\) is called a coboundary if there exists a measurable \(G: [0,1)\to\mathbb{R}\) such that \(F(x)= G(x)- G(x+ \alpha)\), where the addition is modulo 1. It is proved that for every irrational \(\alpha\) there exists a nondecreasing continuous coboundary \(F\) such that \(F(1-)= F(0)+1\) and \(F\) has zero derivative almost everywhere. This extends an earlier result of \textit{M. Lemańczyk}, \textit{D. Rudolph} and the reviewer [Isr. Math. 83, No. 1-2, 73-95 (1993; Zbl 0786.28011)], which required in addition that \(\alpha\) have unbounded partial quotients in its continued fraction expansion.