Spectrum of the Ruelle operator and exponential decay of correlations for open billiard flows

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 715-759

  Stoyanov, Luchezar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0035433856     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.2001.0029     Document Type: Article

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