PERIODIC TRAJECTORIES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIRKHOFF BILLIARDS

DOI10.1070/SM1992v071n01ABEH001273zbMath0744.58062MaRDI QIDQ4000542

Ivan K. Babenko

Publication date: 26 September 1992

Published in: Mathematics of the USSR-Sbornik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1070/sm1992v071n01abeh001273

zbMATH Keywords

Morse theory; Stiefel manifold; periodic trajectories; Moebius function; critical submanifold; three-dimensional Birkhoff billiards

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57R91: Equivariant algebraic topology of manifolds

58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

53A17: Differential geometric aspects in kinematics

57R70: Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology

37G99: Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems

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