Entropy, Lyapunov exponents, and mean free path for billiards (Q1285214)
From MaRDI portal
scientific article
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Entropy, Lyapunov exponents, and mean free path for billiards |
scientific article |
Statements
Entropy, Lyapunov exponents, and mean free path for billiards (English)
0 references
7 September 1999
0 references
The author reviews known results and derives some new ones about the mean free path, Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, and Lyapunov exponents for billiard-type dynamical systems. The author focusses on exact and asymptotic formulas for these quantities. The dynamical systems which are considered in this paper include the periodic Lorentz gas, the stadium and its modifications, and the gas of hard balls. Some open questions and numerical observations are discussed.
0 references
Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy
0 references
Ljapunov exponents
0 references
billard-type dynamical systems
0 references
asymptotic formulas
0 references
periodic Lorentz gas
0 references
stadium
0 references
modifications
0 references
gas of hard balls
0 references
0 references
0 references
