The Plaid Model: (AMS-198)
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The Plaid Model: (AMS-198)
By (Author) Richard Evan Schwartz
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
29th April 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Number theory
Combinatorics and graph theory
516.9
Physical Properties
Hardback
280
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
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
Reviews
"[An] enjoyable excursion into a new field."---Meghan De Witt, MAA Reviews
Author Bio
Richard Evan Schwartz is the Chancellors Professor of Mathematics at Brown University. He is the author of Spherical CR Geometry and Dehn Surgery and Outer Billiards on Kites (both Princeton).
