On the CLT for rotations and BV functions

Comptes Rendus. Math{\'e}matique, Acad{\'e}mie des sciences (Paris), 2019, 357 (2), pp.212-215. \&\#x27E8;10.1016/j.crma.2019.01.008\&\#x27E9 Let $x \mapsto x+ \alpha$ be a rotation on the circle and let $\varphi$ be a step function. We denote by $\varphi\_n (x)$ the corresponding ergodic sums $\sum\_{j=0}^{n-1} \varphi(x+j \alpha)$. Under an assumption on $\alpha$, for example when $\alpha$ has bounded partial quotients, and a Diophantine condition on the discontinuity points of $\varphi$, we show that $\varphi\_n/\|\varphi\_n\|\_2$ is asymptotically Gaussian for $n$ in a set of density 1. The method is based on decorrelation inequalities for the ergodic sums taken at times $q\_k$, where the $q\_k$'s are the denominators of $\alpha$.