Introduction to pseudo-integrable billiards and arithmetic dynamics | Department of Mathematics

Introduction to pseudo-integrable billiards and arithmetic dynamics

Event Information
Event Location: 
Gab 461
Event Date: 
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 2:00pm

Abstract: We introduce a class of nonconvex billiards with a boundary
composed of arcs of confocal conics which contain reflex angles. We present
their basic topological and arithmetic properties. We study their periodic
orbits and establish a local Poncelet porism. A connection with interval
exchange transformation is established together with the Keane-type
conditions for minimality.