Two applications of calculus to triangular billiards

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 618-622

  Gutkin, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031508438     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2975055     Document Type: Article

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