Pseudo-Riemannian geodesics and billiards

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1364-1396

  Khesin, Boris ^a   Tabachnikov, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Billiard in the ellipsoid; Clairaut theorem; Contact structure; Geodesic flow; Jacobi Chasles theorems; Pseudo Euclidean billiards; Pseudo Riemannian manifold; Symplectic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049090993     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: 10902082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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