A regularity result for shortest generalized billiard trajectories in convex bodies in R^n

DOI10.1007/S10711-022-00717-3MaRDI QIDQ2164371zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Rudolf, Stefan Krupp

Publication date 12 August 2022

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.00599

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmic geoemtryEuclidean billiardgeneralized billiardspolytopesshortest periodic orbit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Periodic and quasi-periodic flows and diffeomorphisms (37C55) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83) Dynamical systems with hyperbolic orbits and sets (37D05) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11)

Abstract: We study length-minimizing closed generalized Euclidean billiard trajectories in convex bodies in $mathbb{R}^n$ and investigate their relation to the inclusion minimal affine sections that contain these trajectories. We show that when passing to these sections, the length-minimizing closed billiard trajectories are still billiard trajectories, but their length-minimality as well as their regularity can be destroyed. In light of this, we prove what weaker regularity is actually preserved under passing to these sections. Based on the results, we develop an algorithm in order to calculate length-minimizing closed regular billiard trajectories in convex polytopes in $mathbb{R}^n$.

Review text

This work deals with the study of length-minimizing closed generalized Euclidean billiard trajectories in convex bodies in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). When considering the affine sections that contain these trajectories it is proven that the length-minimizing property as well as the regularity of the billiard trajectory can be destroyed. The authors develop an algorithm to calculate the length-minimizing closed regular billiard trajectories in the aforementioned convex polytopes. The abstract of the work contains the relevant information and presents the results in a clear way. The references in the bibliography provide a good overview of the existing research about this subject. The structure of the work is as follows. In the first part a general setup is provided for calculating the shortest billiard trajectories. Then the main properties of closed billiard trajectories are investigated and a detailed proof of the main theorem is given. Illustrative examples help the reader to understand the general setting. The work is concluded with an algorithm to calculate the length-minimizing trajectories.

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