
We review some properties of periodic orbit families in polygonal billiards and discuss in particular a sum rule that they obey. In addition, we provide algorithms to determine periodic orbit families and present numerical results that shed new light on the proliferation law and its variation with the genus of the invariant surface. Finally, we deal with correlations in the length spectrum and find that long orbits display Poisson fluctuations.
30 pages (Latex) including 11 figures
FOS: Physical sciences, Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD), Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
FOS: Physical sciences, Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD), Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
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