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    • Chaos on the billiard table: The movie

      9 February, 2015

      This short video features one of our favourite mathematicians, Corinna Ulcigrai from the University of Bristol, talking about mathematical billiards, its connection to chaos theory, and why mathematicians study it. You can also read our article Chaos on the billiard table, based on an interview with Ulcigrai.

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      This video was originally produced for the Cambridge Mathematics Education Project.

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      Anonymous

      10 February 2015

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      Thanks for the enlightening video :)
      To whom may interest, the answers for this question from mathoverflow list many applications of billiards dynamics.

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      Anonymous

      25 February 2015

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      so interesting video. going to be really useful. thanks for sharing such innovative facts.

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