Mixing Properties and Central Limit Theorem for a Class of Non-Identical Piecewise Monotonic C2 — Transformations

For a sequence T⁽¹⁾, T⁽²⁾,…of piecewise monotonic C² - transformations of the unit interval I onto itself, we prove exponential ψ- mixing, an almost Markov property and other higher-order mixing properties. Furthermore, we obtain optimal rates of convergence in the central limit Theorem and large deviation relations for the sequence f_k oT(k?1)o…oT⁽¹⁾, k=1, 2, …, provided that the real-valued functions f₁, f₂,…on I are of bounded variation and the corresponding probability measure on I possesses a positive, Lipschitz-continuous Lebesgue density.