Topological entropy of generalized polygon exchanges

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00555-0zbMath0879.54023arXivmath/9501227OpenAlexW2113829945MaRDI QIDQ4320740

Nicolai T. A. Haydn, Eugene Gutkin

Publication date: 16 March 1995

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain geometric upper bounds on the topological entropy of generalized polygon exchange transformations. As an application of our results, we show that billiards in polygons and rational polytopes have zero topological entropy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9501227

zbMATH Keywords

billiard dynamicspolygon exchange

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Entropy and other invariants (28D20) Entropy in general topology (54C70) Polytopes and polyhedra (52B99) Ergodic theory (37A99)

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