Topological entropy of polygon exchange transformations and polygonal billiards

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 849-867

  Gutkin, Eugene ^a   Haydn, Nicolai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0143385797088044     Document Type: Article

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