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

caustics; billiard ball problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70F99: Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics

37-XX: Dynamical systems and ergodic theory

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