Instability of the boundary in the billiard ball problem

DOI10.1007/BF01212321zbMath0616.58046MaRDI QIDQ1821416

Andrea Hubacher

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

causticsbilliard ball problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX)

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Cites Work

• The Benettin-Strelcyn oval billiard revisited
• A criterion for the non-existence of invariant circles
• Glancing billiards
• Strange Billiard Tables
• THE EXISTENCE OF CAUSTICS FOR A BILLIARD PROBLEM IN A CONVEX DOMAIN

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