Classification of Positive Rational Reflection Maps for the Relativistic Collision Yang--Baxter Map
We classify positive jointly rational parametric reflection maps for the one-dimensional relativistic collision Yang--Baxter map, without imposing a degree or birationality hypothesis. There are exactly three families. Two preserve one of the light-cone momenta and allow an arbitrary positive rational action on the mass; the third preserves rapidity and inverts the mass. Their completeness follows from a semiconjugacy degree argument, endpoint divisor transport, and exact elimination. In particular, the mass-preserving case is rigid: the identity is the only jointly rational reflection map.
Authors
- Weiqi Jiang
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21934840
- Primary Topic
- Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
- Type
- preprint