Outer billiard around a curvilinear triangle with a fixed diameter

We consider an outer billiard around a Reulaux triangle. We prove the existence of infinitely many periodic points accumulating at infinity. To do so we con- struct a return map from a strip into itself and we study its properties. We also show some numerical simulations which, in particular, displa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Dobbs, Neil, Nowicki, Tomasz, Swirszcz, Grzegorz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:118302
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/118302
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/PUBLMAT_Extra14_10
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Outer billiard
Periodic orbit
Dynamical system
Planar geometry
Homoclinic intersection
Smale's horseshoe
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Sumario:We consider an outer billiard around a Reulaux triangle. We prove the existence of infinitely many periodic points accumulating at infinity. To do so we con- struct a return map from a strip into itself and we study its properties. We also show some numerical simulations which, in particular, display heteroclinic intersections and Smale's horseshoes.