Seminari di Sistemi Dinamici Olomorfi 2018-2019
timetable:
Wed 20 Mar, 14:00 - 15:00, Sala Conferenze Centro De Giorgi
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seminar: You can “hear” the shape of a polygonal billiard table
speaker: Chandrika Sadanand (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem )abstract: Consider a polygon-shaped billiard table on which a ball can roll along straight lines and reflect off of edges infinitely. In work joint with Moon Duchin, Viveka Erlandsson and Chris Leininger, we have characterized the relationship between the shape of a polygonal billiard table and the set of possible infinite edge-itineraries of balls traveling on it. In this talk, we will explore this relationship and the tools used in our characterization (notably a new rigidity result for flat cone metrics).
timetable:
Wed 20 Mar, 14:00 - 15:00, Sala Conferenze Centro De Giorgi
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