Periodic billiard orbits of self-similar Sierpiński carpets

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2014.03.001zbMATH Open1371.37069arXiv1303.4032OpenAlexW1982838687WikidataQ59461373 ScholiaQ59461373MaRDI QIDQ488781FDOQ488781

Robert G. Niemeyer, Joe P. Chen

Publication date: 26 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We identify a collection of periodic billiard orbits in a self-similar Sierpinski carpet billiard table. Based on a refinement of the result of Durand-Cartagena and Tyson regarding nontrivial line segments in a self-similar Sierpinski carpet, we construct what is called an eventually constant sequence of compatible periodic orbits of prefractal Sierpinski carpet billiard tables. The trivial limit of this sequence then constitutes a periodic orbit of a self-similar Sierpinski carpet billiard table. We also determine the corresponding translation surface for each prefractal billiard table, and show that the genera of a sequence of translation surfaces increase without bound. Various open questions and possible directions for future research are offered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.4032

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zbMATH Keywords

iterated function systemfractal billiardpolygonal billiardbilliard flowlaw of reflectionSierpiński carpet billiard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractals (28A80)

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