Convex billiards and a theorem by E. Hopf

DOI10.1007/BF02572397zbMath0790.58023OpenAlexW2092265508MaRDI QIDQ1320990

Misha Bialy

Publication date: 3 May 1994

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/174561

zbMATH Keywords

billiardsconjugate pointsintegrable billiardsBirkhoff's conjecturecircular billiardsconvex compact planar domains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Ergodic theory (37A99)

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