On the ergodicity of many-dimensional focusing billiards

Leonid A. Bunimovich; Jan Rehacek

Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique (1998)

  • Volume: 68, Issue: 4, page 421-448
  • ISSN: 0246-0211

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Bunimovich, Leonid A., and Rehacek, Jan. "On the ergodicity of many-dimensional focusing billiards." Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique 68.4 (1998): 421-448. <http://eudml.org/doc/76791>.

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