Infinite genus surfaces and irrational polygonal billiards

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9378-XzbMATH Open1190.37040arXiv0811.0728OpenAlexW2083876130MaRDI QIDQ845792FDOQ845792

Ferrán Valdez

Publication date: 29 January 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the natural invariant surface associated with the billiard game on an irrational polygonal table is homeomorphic to the Loch Ness monster, that is, the only orientable infinite genus topological real surface with exactly one end.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0728

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zbMATH Keywords

flat surfacepolygonal billiardsinfinite genus surfaceirrational polygonal table

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