Only ellipsoids have caustics

DOI10.1007/BF01460986zbMATH Open0847.34052MaRDI QIDQ1907186FDOQ1907186

Authors: Peter M. Gruber 

Publication date: 8 October 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/165364

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zbMATH Keywords

ellipsoidscaustics of billiard tablesconvex caustics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX)

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