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We prove the undecidability of determining whether a Turing machine yields an eventually periodic trajectory. From this, we deduce the undecidability of orbit finiteness in the polynomial dynamical system on infinite tuples of integers.

Logic · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Gwangyong Gwon

Periodic orbits for the classical $\phi^4$ theory on the one dimensional lattice are systematically constructed by extending the normal modes of the harmonic theory, for periodic, fixed and free boundary conditions. Through the process, we…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-23 Kenichiro Aoki

In this paper we investigate some generic properties of a billiard system on a convex table. We show that generically, every hyperbolic periodic point admits some homoclinic orbit.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Zhihong Xia , Pengfei Zhang

We present a solution of the algebraic version of Birkhoff Conjecture on integrable billiards. Namely we show that every polynomially integrable real bounded convex planar billiard with smooth boundary is an ellipse. We extend this result…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-02-25 Alexey Glutsyuk

In this paper, we are mainly concerned with studying arbitrary unbounded square roots of linear operators as well as some of their basic properties. The paper contains many examples and counterexamples. As an illustration, we give explicit…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Mohammed Hichem Mortad

We derive semiclassical contributions of periodic orbits from a boundary integral equation for three-dimensional billiard systems. We use an iterative method that keeps track of the composition of the stability matrix and the Maslov index…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-30 Martin Sieber

In this paper I will unite two games, symplectic billiards and tiling billiards. The new game is called symplectic tiling billiards. I will prove a result about periodic orbits of symplectic tiling billiards in a very special case and then…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Richard Evan Schwartz

In this paper we investigate the existence of closed billiard trajectories in not necessarily smooth convex bodies. In particular, we show that if a body $K\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ has the property that the tangent cone of every non-smooth…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-31 Arseniy Akopyan , Alexey Balitskiy

The seminal physical model for investigating formulations of nonlinear dynamics is the billiard. Gravitational billiards provide an experimentally accessible arena for their investigation. We present a mathematical model that captures the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-19 Alexandre E. Hartl , Bruce N. Miller , Andre P. Mazzoleni

Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the infinitesimal rigidity of braced grids in the plane with respect to non-Euclidean norms. Component rectangles of the grid may carry 0, 1 or 2 diagonal braces, and the combinatorial…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-24 Stephen Power

In this work, we introduce a novel concept of magic billiards, which can be seen as an umbrella, unifying several well-known generalisations of mathematical billiards. We analyse properties of magic billiards in the case of elliptical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Vladimir Dragović , Milena Radnović

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 $k$ quadrics…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Vladimir Dragovic , Milena Radnovic

We characterize all bounded orbits of two similar Collatz-type quadratic mappings of the set of non-negative integers. In one case, where cycles of all possible lengths may occur, an orbit is bounded if and only if it reaches a cycle. For…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-04-17 H. Sedaghat

We consider polygonal billiards and we show the uniqueness of coding of non-periodic billiard trajectories in polygons whose holes have non-zero minimal diameters, generalising a theorem of Galperin, Kr\"uger and Troubetzkoy.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-04-12 Yunzhe Li

H${\acute{e}}$non [8] used an inclined billiard to investigate aspects of chaotic scattering which occur in satellite encounters and in other situations. His model consisted of a piecewise mapping which described the motion of a point…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-26 Alan Roy , Nikolaos Georgakarakos

Periodic orbit theory for classical hyperbolic system is very significant matter of how we can interpret spectral statistics in terms of semiclassical theory. Although pruning is significant and generic property for almost all hyperbolic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Takeshi Asamizuya

We discuss the interplay between the piece-line regular and vertex-angle singular boundary effects, related to integrability and chaotic features in rational polygonal billiards. The approach to controversial issue of regular and irregular…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-24 Valery B. Kokshenev

We study the effect of edge diffraction on the semiclassical analysis of two dimensional quantum systems by deriving a trace formula which incorporates paths hitting any number of vertices embedded in an arbitrary potential. This formula is…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 Henrik Bruus , Niall D. Whelan

A family of discontinuous symplectic maps on the cylinder is considered. This family arises naturally in the study of nonsmooth Hamiltonian dynamics and in switched Hamiltonian systems. The transformation depends on two parameters and is a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Maxim Arnold , Vadim Zharnitsky

Weyl's expansion for the asymptotic mode density of billiards consists of the area, length, curvature and corner terms. The area term has been associated with the so-called zero-length orbits. Here closed nonperiodic paths corresponding to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Wei-Mou Zheng