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The billiard in a regular polygon

Authors: Veech, W.A.;

The billiard in a regular polygon

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Let \(P_ n\) be a regular \(n\)-gon. From the Ikehara Tauberian theorem one infers that there exists \(c_ n > 0\) such that the growth function of the length spectrum of the billiard in \(P_ n\) satisfies the asymptotic formula: \[ N(P_ n,t)\sim c_ n{t^ 2\over\| P_ n\|}\qquad (t\to \infty)\quad (\| P\|=\text{area}(P_ n)).\tag{1} \] The values \(c_ 3\) and \(c_ 4\) can be calculated directly from elementary considerations of lattice points associated to \(P_ n\). However, the value of \(c_ n\), \(n > 4\), depends of the prime factorization of \(n\). In order to exhibit this dependence, the author introduces a multiplicative number theoretic function \(c(n)\) (\(c(mn)=c(m)c(n)\) whenever \((m,n)=1\)), by giving its values for prime powers, \(n=p^ \nu\), \(\nu > 0\), as \[ c(n)=\begin{cases} 7n^ 3-6n^ 2 &\text{for \(n=2^ \nu\)}\\n^ 4\bigl(1+(1- n^{-2})/p(p+1)\bigr)&\text{for \(n=p^ \nu\), \(24\). The asymptotic relation (1) is true with the constant \(c_ n\) given by \[ c_ n={c(n)- n^ 3\over 48\varepsilon (n)(n-2)\pi},\quad n>4,\quad\text{where}\quad c(n)\text{ is defined by (2)}. \]

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regular \(n\)-gon, Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators, 510.mathematics, Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics, length spectrum, Multiplicative number theory, growth, billiard, Article

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