The scenery factor of the [𝑇,𝑇⁻¹] transformation is not loosely Bernoulli (Q4425409)

Let \(\sigma\) be the left shift on \(X= \{1, -1\}^{\mathbb{Z}}\) and \(T\) the left shift on \(Y= \{\text{red}, \text{blue}\}^{\mathbb{Z}}\) with the \((1/2, 1/2)\) product measure on each of these spaces. Recall that the \([T, T^{-1}]\) transformation is defined by \[ [T, T^{-1}](x, y)= \begin{cases} (\sigma(x), T(y))\quad &\text{if }x_0= 1,\\ (\sigma(x), T^{-1}(y))\quad & \text{if }x_0= -1.\end{cases} \] \textit{S. A. Kalikow} [Ann. Math. (2) 115, 393--409 (1982; Zbl 0523.28018)] proved that \([T, T^{-1}]\) is not isomorphic to a Bernoulli shift. It is shown that a certain factor (called the scenery factor) is not isomorphic to a Bernoulli shift, and is not loosely Bernoulli. The scenery factor is obtained by associating two points \((x, y)\) and \((x',y')\) when \(C(x, y)_i= C(x',y')_i\), for all \(i\), where \(C(x, y)_i= y_{S(i)}\) and \(S(i)= S_x(i)=\sum^{i-1}_0 x_j\), if \(i> 0\), \(S(i)= \sum^{-1}_i x_j\) if \(i< 0\) and \(S(0)= 0\).