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- From: dtang@dhusc.harvard.edu (Diane Tang)
- Newsgroups: sci.fractals
- Subject: Billiard Balls and Lyapunov Exponents
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.173753.17833@das.harvard.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 17:37:53 GMT
- Article-I.D.: das.1993Jan6.173753.17833
- Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
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- I'm working on a project involving billard balls in a convex space.
- The basic program just computes the trajectory of a ball in a circle,
- ellipse, or stadium, given an initial velocity and initial position.
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- I want to add something that will calculate the Lyapunov exponents of
- the system when the ball is in an ellipse or stadium (the exponent
- should be zero for a circle).
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- Any suggestions on the best way to go about doing this?
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- Thanks!
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- please respond via e-mail: dtang@husc.harvard.edu
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- -- Diane Tang
-