DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Seminar

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Arnold Diffusion in Multi-Dimensional Convex Billiards


Andrew Clarke
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Abstract: Consider billiard dynamics in a strictly convex domain, and consider a trajectory that begins with the velocity vector making a small positive angle with the boundary. Lazutkin proved in the 70s that in two dimensions, it is impossible for this angle to tend to zero. Using the geometric techniques of Arnold diffusion, we show that in three or more dimensions, assuming the geodesic flow on the boundary of the domain has a hyperbolic periodic orbit and a transverse homoclinic, this phenomenon is generic in the real-analytic category.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Time: 11h00
Room: TBA
http://cemapre.iseg.ulisboa.pt/seminars/dynsys/