Tabachnikov's dual Birkhoff conjecture for projective billiards

Let γRP2\gamma\subset\mathbb{RP}^2 be a strictly convex closed curve. A dual billiard structure on γ\gamma is a family of non-trivial projective involutions on the projective tangent lines, fixing their tangency points. Call the dual billiard integrable when there is a C0C^0-foliation by closed strictly convex invariant curves on a neighborhood of γ\gamma on its concave side, with γ\gamma as a leaf. Tabachnikov's dual Birkhoff conjecture. For every integrable dual billiard, the underlying curve and the corresponding invariant curves forming the foliation are conics forming a pencil. The conjecture is dual to the projective Birkhoff conjecture and is proved in the paper under the additional assumption of rational integrability and C4C^4 smoothness; it remains open in this general form.

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Alexey Glutsyuk, “On rationally integrable planar dual and projective billiards”, arXiv:2112.07056 (2022).

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