On Nonconvex Caustics of Convex Billiards
Author(s) -
Oliver Knill
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
elemente der mathematik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1420-8962
pISSN - 0013-6018
DOI - 10.1007/s000170050038
Subject(s) - regular polygon , mathematics , constant (computer programming) , geometry , mathematical analysis , computer science , programming language
We illustrate the dynamics of billiards in tables of constant width. Caustics of such tables can be nowhere dieren tiable and are related to caustics appearing in dieren tial geometry.
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