Integer Sequences from Circle Divisions in Rational Billiards
Dynamical Systems
2023-06-05 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
Abstract
We study rational circular billiards. By viewing the trajectory formed after each reflection point to another inside the circle as the number of circle divisions into regions we derive a general formula for the number of division regions after each reflection. This will give rise to an integer division sequence. Restricting to the special cases we show that the number of regions after each reflection is beautifully related to Gauss 's arithmetic series.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.06654,
title = {Integer Sequences from Circle Divisions in Rational Billiards},
author = {Daniel Jaud},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06654},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
10 pages, 8 figures