Abstract
For every manifold of dimension n ≥ 5 a diffeomorphism f which has n − 1 non-zero characteristic exponents almost everywhere is constructed. The diffeomorphism preserves the Lebesgue measure and is Bernoulli with respect to this measure. To produce this example a diffeomorphism of the 2-disk is extended by means of an Anosov flow, and this skew product is embedded in ℝn.