Plaid model, the
Auteur :
Schwartz, Richard Evan
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691181387
Date de publication :
19 févr. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Outer billiards provides a toy model for planetary motion and exhibits intricate and mysterious behavior even for seemingly simple examples. It is a dynamical system in which a particle in the plane moves around the outside of a convex shape according to a scheme that is reminiscent of ordinary billiards. The Plaid Model, which is a self-contained