Symbolic Dynamics Ii the Stadium Billiard
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We construct a well ordered symbolic dynamics plane for the stadium billiard. In this symbolic plane the forbidden and the allowed orbits are separated by a monotone pruning front, and allowed orbits can be systematically generated by sequences of approximate finite grammars. 1 ‡ Permanent address: Phys Dep., University of Oslo, Box 1048, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo
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