Exponential instability for a class of dispersing billiards

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 201-226

  Stoyanov, Latchezar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0033484034     PISSN: 01433857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143385799126543     Document Type: Article

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