Convergence conjecture for nonresonant billiard normal forms

Let EE be the horizontal Euclidean space, let I:EEI:E\to E be reflection in the horizontal hyperplane, and let β^:P^P^\hat{\beta}:\hat{\mathcal P}\to\hat{\mathcal P} be the quotient billiard map with fixed point γ^\hat{\gamma}. Suppose its symplectic linearization at γ^\hat{\gamma} has eigenvalues λ1±1,,λn±1\lambda_1^{\pm1},\ldots,\lambda_n^{\pm1}, where the set λ1,,λn\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n is nonresonant, meaning that

λ1k1λnkn1\lambda_1^{k_1}\cdots\lambda_n^{k_n}\neq 1

for every nonzero k=(k1,,kn)Znk=(k_1,\ldots,k_n)\in\mathbb Z^n.

Convergence conjecture. If the eigenvalues additionally satisfy good Diophantine properties, then the formal Taylor series defining the function ff is locally convergent. The formal Taylor series defining the local conjugacy between β^\hat{\beta} and its linearization is likewise locally convergent.

The question concerns analytic linearization of a locally integrable multidimensional billiard near a symmetric period-two orbit. The paper proves formal existence in the nonresonant case, while convergence under suitable Diophantine conditions is motivated by numerical evidence and remains open.

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Dmitry Treschev, “A locally integrable multi-dimensional billiard system”, arXiv:1612.00187 (2016).

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