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We point out two errors in the paper ``The integer cohomology algebra of toric arrangements'', Adv. Math., Vol. 313, pp. 746-802, 2017. The main error concerns Theorem 4.2.17. In that theorem's proof, Diagram (8) does not commute in general…

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We show that generic infinite group extensions of geodesic flows on square tiled translation surfaces are ergodic in almost every direction, subject to certain natural constraints. Recently K. Fr\c{a}czek and C. Ulcigrai have shown that…

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