On the multiplicity of non-iterated periodic billiard trajectories

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.252.181zbMATH Open1253.37061arXiv1012.5593OpenAlexW3098686380MaRDI QIDQ650130FDOQ650130

Authors: Marco Mazzucchelli 

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce the iteration theory for periodic billiard trajectories in a compact and convex domain of the Euclidean space, and we apply it to establish a multiplicity result for non-iterated trajectories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5593

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zbMATH Keywords

Morse theorybilliardsiteration of periodic trajectories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80)

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