ERGODICITY OF BILLIARDS IN POLYGONS WITH POCKETS

Citation
N. Chernov et S. Troubetzkoy, ERGODICITY OF BILLIARDS IN POLYGONS WITH POCKETS, Nonlinearity, 11(4), 1998, pp. 1095-1102
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,"Physycs, Mathematical",Mathematics,"Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
ISSN journal
09517715
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1095 - 1102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7715(1998)11:4<1095:EOBIPW>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The billiard in a polygon is not always ergodic and never K-mixing or Bernoulli. Here we consider billiard tables by attaching disks to each vertex of an arbitrary simply connected, convex polygon. We show that the billiard on such a table is ergodic, K-mixing and Bernoulli.