Only ellipsoids have caustics
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Publication:1907186
DOI10.1007/BF01460986zbMath0847.34052MaRDI QIDQ1907186
Publication date: 8 October 1996
Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/165364
52A20: Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces)
37-XX: Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
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