The conformal geometry of billiards

Laura Demarco*

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Abstract

This article provides an introduction to some recent results in billiard dynamics. We present results that follow from a study of compact Riemann surfaces (equipped with a holomorphic 1-form) and an SL2R action on the moduli spaces of these surfaces. We concentrate on the progress toward classification of "optimal" billiard tables, those with the simplest trajectory structure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)33-52
Number of pages20
JournalBulletin of the American Mathematical Society
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)
  • Applied Mathematics

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