Cayley-Type Conditions for Billiards within $k$ Quadrics in $R^d$
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-11 v1 Algebraic Geometry
math.MP
Abstract
The notions of reflection from outside, reflection from inside and signature of a billiard trajectory within a quadric are introduced. Cayley-type conditions for periodical trajectories for the billiard in the region bounded by quadrics in and for the billiard ordered game within ellipsoids in are derived. In a limit, the condition describing periodic trajectories of billiard systems on a quadric in is obtained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0503053,
title = {Cayley-Type Conditions for Billiards within $k$ Quadrics in $R^d$},
author = {Vladimir Dragovic and Milena Radnovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0503053},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, some corractions are made in Section 4