Multi-dimensional semi-dispersing billiards: Singularities and the fundamental theorem

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-482

  Balint P ^a   Chernov, N ^b   Szasz D ^c   Toth I P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 0036435079     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-002-8624-7     Document Type: Article

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