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Geometry and billiards / Serge Tabachnikov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tabachnikov, Sergei, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Student mathematical library ; v. 30.
- The Student Mathematical Library ; v. 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geometry--Research.
- Geometry.
- Calculus of variations--Research.
- Calculus of variations.
- Billiards--Research.
- Billiards.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Student Mathematical Library.
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [Place of publication not identified] : Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters, [2005]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Motivation: Mechanics and optics Chapter 2. Billiard in the circle and the square Chapter 3. Billiard ball map and integral geometry Chapter 4. Billiards inside conics and quadrics Chapter 5. Existence and non-existence of caustics Chapter 6. Periodic trajectories Chapter 7. Billiards in polygons Chapter 8. Chaotic billiards Chapter 9. Dual billiards
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tabachnikov, Serge. Geometry and billiards /
- ISBN:
- 9781470421410
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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