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Outer Billiards on Kites (AM-171)
Richard Evan Schwartz
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Description for Outer Billiards on Kites (AM-171)
Paperback. Outer billiards is a basic dynamical system defined relative to a convex shape in the plane. B H Neumann introduced this system in the 1950s, and J Moser popularized it as a toy model for celestial mechanics. All along, the Moser-Neumann question has been one of the central problems in the field. This title offers solution to the problem. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 halftones. 35 line illus. BIC Classification: PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Outer billiards is a basic dynamical system defined relative to a convex shape in the plane. B. H. Neumann introduced this system in the 1950s, and J. Moser popularized it as a toy model for celestial mechanics. All along, the so-called Moser-Neumann question has been one of the central problems in the field. This question asks whether or not one can have an outer billiards system with an unbounded orbit. The Moser-Neumann question is an idealized version of the question of whether, because of small disturbances in its orbit, the Earth can break out of its orbit and fly away ... Read more
Outer billiards is a basic dynamical system defined relative to a convex shape in the plane. B. H. Neumann introduced this system in the 1950s, and J. Moser popularized it as a toy model for celestial mechanics. All along, the so-called Moser-Neumann question has been one of the central problems in the field. This question asks whether or not one can have an outer billiards system with an unbounded orbit. The Moser-Neumann question is an idealized version of the question of whether, because of small disturbances in its orbit, the Earth can break out of its orbit and fly away ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Annals of Mathematics Studies
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691142494
SKU
V9780691142494
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About Richard Evan Schwartz
Richard Evan Schwartz is professor of mathematics at Brown University and the author of "Spherical CR Geometry and Dehn Surgery" (Princeton).
Reviews for Outer Billiards on Kites (AM-171)
"This research is an exemplary sample of experimental mathematics."
Serge L. Tabachnikov, Mathematical Review
Serge L. Tabachnikov, Mathematical Review