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Asymptotic periodicity in outer billiards with contraction

Dynamical Systems 2017-07-06 v1

Abstract

We show that for almost every (P,λ)(P,\lambda) where PP is a convex polygon and λ(0,1)\lambda\in(0,1), the corresponding outer billiard about PP with contraction λ\lambda is asymptotically periodic, i.e., has a finite number of periodic orbits and every orbit is attracted to one of them.

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@article{arxiv.1707.01151,
  title  = {Asymptotic periodicity in outer billiards with contraction},
  author = {José Pedro Gaivão},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.01151},
  year   = {2017}
}

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17 pages, 2 figures

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