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arxiv: 1110.0415 · v1 · pith:GO5QIKZLnew · submitted 2011-10-03 · 🧮 math.AG · math.GT

Poncelet's theorem and Billiard knots

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keywords conjectureellipticponceletprooftheoremballbilliardcylinder
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Let $D$ be any elliptic right cylinder. We prove that every type of knot can be realized as the trajectory of a ball in $D.$ This proves a conjecture of Lamm and gives a new proof of a conjecture of Jones and Przytycki. We use Jacobi's proof of Poncelet's theorem by means of elliptic functions.

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