Elliptic islands in generalized Sinai billiards

DOI10.1017/S0143385700010142zbMath0864.58034MaRDI QIDQ4714427

Victor J. Donnay

Publication date: 6 July 1997

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

KAM theory; elliptic island; elliptic periodic orbit; generalized Sinai billiard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53D25: Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry

37A99: Ergodic theory

37D40: Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.)

37G99: Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems

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Uses Software

• Mathematica

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