Elliptic islands in generalized Sinai billiards

DOI10.1017/S0143385700010142zbMath0864.58034OpenAlexW2335057901MaRDI QIDQ4714427

Victor J. Donnay

Publication date: 6 July 1997

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143385700010142

zbMATH Keywords

KAM theoryelliptic islandelliptic periodic orbitgeneralized Sinai billiard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25) Ergodic theory (37A99) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99)

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Uses Software

• Mathematica

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