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Regul. Chaotic Dyn., 2003 Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 29–44 (Mi rcd763)

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Dynamics of billiards

Periodic Billiard Trajectories in Right Triangle

G. Galperina, D. Zvonkineb

a Department of Mathematics, Eastern Illinois University, USA
b LaBRI, Université Bordeaux I, FRANCE

Abstract: This paper is dedicated to periodic billiard trajectories in right triangles and right-angled tetrahedra. We construct a specific type of periodic trajectories and show that the trajectories of this type fill the right triangle entirely. Then we establish the instability of all known types of periodic trajectories in right triangles. Finally, some of these results are generalized to the $n$-dimensional case and are given a mechanical interpretation.

MSC: 37E99, 37E15

Received: 05.10.2002

Language: English

DOI: 10.1070/RD2003v008n01ABEH000224



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