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Mat. Sb., 2020 Volume 211, Number 11, Pages 3–40 (Mi sm9351)

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Topological classification of integrable geodesic billiards on quadrics in three-dimensional Euclidean space

G. V. Belozerov

Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Abstract: We consider geodesic billiards on quadrics in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We consider the motion of a point mass inside a billiard table, that is, inside a domain lying on a quadric bounded by finitely many quadrics confocal with the given one and having angles at corner points of the boundary equal to ${\pi}/{2}$. According to the well-known Jacobi-Chasles theorem this problem turns out to be integrable. We introduce an equivalence relation on the set of billiard tables and prove a theorem on their classification. We present a complete classification of geodesic billiards on quadrics in $\mathbb{R}^3$ up to Liouville equivalence.
Bibliography: 19 titles.

Keywords: integrable system, geodesic billiard, Liouville equivalence, Fomenko-Zieschang invariant.

UDC: 517.938.5

MSC: Primary 37J35; Secondary 37G10, 70E40

Received: 18.11.2019

DOI: 10.4213/sm9351


 English version:
Sbornik: Mathematics, 2020, 211:11, 1503–1538

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