Closed trajectories for quadratic differentials with an application to billiards

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-86-05319-6zbMath0616.30044OpenAlexW1496711271MaRDI QIDQ1821231

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1215/s0012-7094-86-05319-6

zbMATH Keywords

dynamical system quadratic differential rational billiards

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30) Riemann surfaces (30F99)

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