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Chaotic properties of billiards in circular polygons

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Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"

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Altro (Aula esterna al Dipartimento)
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Speaker
Andrew Clarke
Circular polygons are closed plane curves formed by concatenating a finite number of circular arcs so that, at the points where two arcs meet, their tangents agree. These curves are strictly convex and C1, but not C2. We study the billiard dynamics in domains bounded by circular polygons. We prove that there is a set accumulating on the boundary of the domain in which the return dynamics is semiconjugate to a transitive shift on infinitely many symbols. Consequently the return dynamics has infinite topological entropy. In addition we give an exponential lower bound on the number of periodic orbits of large period, and we prove the existence of trajectories along which the angle of reflection tends to zero with optimal linear speed. These results are based on joint work with Rafael Ramírez-Ros. Note: This talk is part of the activity of the MIUR Department of Excellence Project MatMod@TOV (2023-2027)
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sorrentino@mat.uniroma2.it