Asymptotic periodicity in outer billiards with contraction

DOI10.1017/ETDS.2018.36zbMATH Open1437.37034arXiv1707.01151OpenAlexW2963199828WikidataQ129726699 ScholiaQ129726699MaRDI QIDQ5207983FDOQ5207983

José Pedro Gaivão

Publication date: 14 January 2020

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

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.

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

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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)

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