Beyond Sturmian sequences: coding linear trajectories in the regular octagon

DOI10.1112/plms/pdq018zbMath1230.37021arXiv0905.0871OpenAlexW2110696056MaRDI QIDQ3079516

John Smillie, Corinna Ulcigrai

Publication date: 2 March 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0871

zbMATH Keywords

billiardscontinued fractionSturmian sequenceVeech groupFarey mapcutting sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Flows on surfaces (37E35)

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