Billiards in Finsler and Minkowski geometries

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 277-301

  Gutkin, Eugene ^a   Tabachnikov, Serge ^b  

^a Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Billiard reflection; Caustic; Finsler and Minkowski geometries; Generating function; Legendre transform; Mean free path; Mirror equation; Symplectic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992704625     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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