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Deviation of ergodic averages for rational polygonal billiards

Dynamical Systems 2008-01-18 v4 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove polynomial upper bounds for the deviation of ergodic averages for the straight line flow on every translation surface in almost every direction, in particular for those surfaces arising from rational polygonal billiards.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701658,
  title  = {Deviation of ergodic averages for rational polygonal billiards},
  author = {Jayadev S. Athreya and Giovanni Forni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701658},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

to appear in Duke Mathematical Journal. Some minor corrections made, typos fixed, some new references added

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