Two applications of Jacobi fields to the billiard ball problem

DOI10.4310/JDG/1214455290zbMath0812.58067OpenAlexW2120341816WikidataQ115179341 ScholiaQ115179341MaRDI QIDQ1336256

Maciej P. Wojtkowski

Publication date: 7 November 1994

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214455290

zbMATH Keywords

Jacobi fieldbilliard ball problemBialy's theoremRychlik's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C}) (37C85)

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