The Plaid Model

by Richard Evan Schwartz

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 sequel to Richard Schwartz's Outer Billiards on Kites, provides a combinatorial model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181373
• ISBN13: 9780691181370
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"