Asymptotic periodicity in outer billiards with contraction

DOI10.1017/ETDS.2018.36MaRDI QIDQ5207983zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors José Pedro Gaivão

Publication date 14 January 2020

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.01151

zbMATH Keywords

convex polygonperiodic orbitsouter billiard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic orbits of vector fields and flows (37C27) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Periodic and quasi-periodic flows and diffeomorphisms (37C55) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83)

Abstract: We show that for almost every $(P,lambda)$ where $P$ is a convex polygon and $lambdain(0,1)$, the corresponding outer billiard about $P$ with contraction $lambda$ is asymptotically periodic, i.e., has a finite number of periodic orbits and every orbit is attracted to one of them.

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