In a Day’s work? The origins of outer billiards

Abstract An account of the earliest known works on outer billiards is accompanied by a reproduction of the summary of B. H. Neumann’s 1959 colloquium and some highlights from the theory.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
Published
2026-04-07
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2026.10276
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Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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In a Day’s work? The origins of outer billiards

Boris Hasselblatt
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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In a Day’s work? The origins of outer billiards

Boris Hasselblatt
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Abstract An account of the earliest known works on outer billiards is accompanied by a reproduction of the summary of B. H. Neumann’s 1959 colloquium and some highlights from the theory.

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
Tufts University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 19%
Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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