%0 Journal Article %T On embedding of the Bratteli diagram into a surface %A Igor Nikolaev %J Mathematics %D 2001 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/978-3-7643-8539-2_13 %X We study C*-algebras O_{\lambda} which arise in dynamics of the interval exchange transformations and measured foliations on compact surfaces. Using Koebe-Morse coding of geodesic lines, we establish a bijection between Bratteli diagrams of such algebras and measured foliations. This approach allows us to apply K-theory of operator algebras to prove strict ergodicity criterion and Keane's conjecture for the interval exchange transformations. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0104082v3