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arxiv: 1106.2030 · v1 · pith:3OUBM5OGnew · submitted 2011-06-10 · 🧮 math.NT

Polygons in billiard orbits

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We study the geometry of billiard orbits on rectangular billiards. A truncated billiard orbit induces a partition of the rectangle into polygons. We prove that thirteen is a sharp upper bound for the number of different areas of these polygons.

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