Homoclinic relation conjecture for the periodic points qnq_n

Let qnq_n be the periodic points of the billiard map, let Ws(qn)W^s(q_n) and Wu(qn)W^u(q_n) denote their stable and unstable manifolds, and let cnc_n and λ1\lambda_1 be the bifurcation parameters used in the paper. Homoclinic relation conjecture for qnq_n. The manifolds Wu(qn+1)W^u(q_{n+1}) and Ws(qn)W^s(q_n) intersect transversally for every 0<λ<cn+10<\lambda<c_{n+1}. Moreover, if 0<λ<λ10<\lambda<\lambda_1, all qnq_n are mutually homoclinically related for sufficiently large nn. This is a numerical conjecture about the invariant-manifold structure of the periodic points; no proof or resolution is supplied.

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Gianluigi Del Magno, João Lopes Dias, Pedro Duarte, José Pedro Gaivão and Diogo Pinheiro, “Chaos in the square billiard with a modified reflection law”, arXiv:1112.1753 (2012).

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