Periodic billiard paths in right triangles are unstable (Q2642378)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5181115
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    Periodic billiard paths in right triangles are unstable
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5181115

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      Periodic billiard paths in right triangles are unstable (English)
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      20 August 2007
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      The article is concerned with the study of periodic billiard paths in triangles. A path is called stable if it survives small perturbations of the triangle, and unstable otherwise. In the article it is proved that every periodic billiard path in any right triangle is unstable.
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      billiard
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      right triangles
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      periodic billiard paths
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      Euclidean geometry
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