Semi-dispersing billiards with an infinite cusp. I

DOI10.1007/S00220-002-0710-7MaRDI QIDQ1850160zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marco Lenci

Publication date 2 December 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0107041

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonsingular (and infinite-measure preserving) transformations (37A40) Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

Abstract: Let $f:[0,+infty)o(0,+infty)$ be a sufficiently smooth convex function, vanishing at infinity. Consider the planar domain $Q$ delimited by the positive $x$-semiaxis, the positive $y$-semiaxis, and the graph of $f$. Under certain conditions on $f$, we prove that the billiard flow in $Q$ has a hyperbolic structure and, for some examples, that it is also ergodic. This is done using the cross section corresponding to collisions with the dispersing part of the boundary. The relevant invariant measure for this Poincar'e section is infinite, whence the need to surpass the existing results, designed for finite-measure dynamical systems.

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