Loci of 3-periodics in an Elliptic Billiard: why so many ellipses?

DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2022.06.001zbMATH Open1506.37042arXiv2001.08041OpenAlexW3005770228MaRDI QIDQ2156376FDOQ2156376

Authors: Dan Reznik, Ronaldo A. Garcia, Jair Koiller 

Publication date: 18 July 2022

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A triangle center such as the incenter, barycenter, etc., is specified by a function thrice- and cyclically applied on sidelengths and/or angles. Consider the 1d family of 3-periodics in the elliptic billiard, and the loci of its triangle centers. Some will sweep ellipses, and others higher-degree algebraic curves. We propose two rigorous methods to prove if the locus of a given center is an ellipse: one based on computer algebra, and another based on an algebro-geometric method. We also prove that if the triangle center function is rational on sidelengths, the locus is algebraic

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.08041

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zbMATH Keywords

resultantlocusPonceletporism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Simulation of dynamical systems (37M05) Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Periodic and quasi-periodic flows and diffeomorphisms (37C55) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83)

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