Tessellation technique in solving the two-point boundary value problem in multidimensional billiard spaces (Q6155838)

The author considers a two-point boundary value problem with state-dependent impulses (billiard problem): \begin{align*} & \ddot x(t) = f(t,x(t)) \quad \text{for a.e. } t \in [0,T], \ x(t) \in \text{int} K, \\ & \dot x(s+) = \dot x(s-) + I(x(s),\dot x(s)) \quad \text{if } x(s) \in \partial K, \\ & x(0) = A \in \text{int} K, \quad x(T) = B \in \text{int} K, \end{align*} where \(K \subset {\mathbb R}^n\) is a bounded subset (``billiard table''), \(I : \partial K \times {\mathbb R}^n \to {\mathbb R}^n\) is an impulse mapping representing the impact law of the ball with the boundary \(\partial K\). Existence of infinitely many solutions of this problem is guaranteed for a certain class of shapes of the billiard tables \(K\) using an unfolding technique. These results are also applied to a problem of one-dimensional billiard with two balls.