Sub-Riemannian geometry and periodic orbits in classical billiards

DOI10.4310/MRL.2006.v13.n4.a8zbMath1133.53023WikidataQ99577062 ScholiaQ99577062MaRDI QIDQ2471525

Vadim Zharnitsky, Yuliy M. Baryshnikov

Publication date: 22 February 2008

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian systemsrational caustics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17)

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