Instability of the boundary in the billiard ball problem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Instability of the boundary in the billiard ball problem
zbMATH Open document ID: 0616.58046
DOI: 10.1007/BF01212321
author: Andrea Hubacher
published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The billiard ball problem is studied on a convex domain with a piecewise \(C^ 2\) boundary. Results concerning the existence of caustics are given.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37-XX
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 54H20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70F99
zbMATH DE Number: 3998846
zbMATH Keywords: billiard ball problem
zbMATH Keywords: caustics
reviewed by: Gerald Warnecke
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3998846