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We prove that the action of the semigroup generated by a C r generic pair of area-preserving diffeomorphisms of a compact orientable surface is transitive.
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Koropecki, A., Nassiri, M. Transitivity of generic semigroups of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. Math. Z. 266, 707–718 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-009-0595-7
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