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Denjoy's theorem on rotation number

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A Denjoy diffeomorphism is a diffeomorphism of a circle that has an irrational rotation number but is not topologically conjugate to an irrational rotation. It is a theorem that a Denjoy diffeomorphism cannot be twice differentiable.