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arxiv: 1707.01151 · v1 · pith:SRUYANUEnew · submitted 2017-07-04 · 🧮 math.DS

Asymptotic periodicity in outer billiards with contraction

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We show that for almost every $(P,\lambda)$ where $P$ is a convex polygon and $\lambda\in(0,1)$, the corresponding outer billiard about $P$ with contraction $\lambda$ is asymptotically periodic, i.e., has a finite number of periodic orbits and every orbit is attracted to one of them.

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