Asymptotic Dynamics of the Dual Billiard Transformation
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Given a strictly convex plane curve, the dual billiard transformation is the transformation of its exterior defined as follows: given a point x outside the curve, draw a support line to it from the point and reflect x at the support point. We show that the dual billiard transformation far from the curve is well approximated by the time 1 transformation of a Hamiltonian flow associated with the curve.
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