On continuous billiard and quasigeodesic flows characterizing alcoves and isosceles tetrahedra

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12724arXiv2202.11624MaRDI QIDQ6134736FDOQ6134736

Christian Lange

Publication date: 23 August 2023

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We characterize fundamental domains of affine reflection groups as those polyhedral convex bodies which support a continuous billiard dynamics. We interpret this characterization in the broader context of Alexandrov geometry and prove an analogous characterization for isosceles tetrahedra in terms of continuous quasigeodesic flows. Moreover, we show an optimal regularity result for convex bodies: the billiard dynamics is continuous if the boundary is of class $mathcal{C}^{2,1}$. In particular, billiard trajectories converge to geodesics on the boundary in this case. Our proof of the latter continuity statement is based on Alexandrov geometry methods that we discuss resp. establish first.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.11624

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zbMATH Keywords

Alexandrov geometryquasigeodesic flowspolyhedral convex bodies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Topology and geometry of orbifolds (57R18) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Global surface theory (convex surfaces à la A. D. Aleksandrov) (53C45) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83)

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