Topological entropy of semi-dispersing billiards

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 791-805

  Burago, D ^a   Ferleger, S ^a   Kononenko, A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0143385798108246     Document Type: Article

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