Two homoclinic classes conjecture for the periodic points pnp_n

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Let pnp_n be the periodic points of the billiard map, let C0C_0 and C1C_1 denote homoclinic classes, and let ana_n, bnb_n, and b17b_{17} be the parameters appearing in the paper. Two-class conjecture for pnp_n. The periodic points pnp_n generate two homoclinic classes: C0C_0 is the homoclinic class of those pnp_n with n≤16n\leq16 or λ<an\lambda<a_n, while C1C_1 is the homoclinic class of those pnp_n with n≥17n\geq17 and λ>bn\lambda>b_n. If λ>b17\lambda>b_{17}, so that C1C_1 is nonempty, then

C0≺C1.C_0\prec C_1.

This numerical conjecture describes the organization of the surviving periodic points into two homoclinic classes; the source gives no proof.

References

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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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