Schwartz has recently proved that every triangular table with largest angle no greater than 100 degrees has a periodic billiard path. It is unknown whether every polygonal table has a periodic billiard path, and the solution to this question is an active area of research. We will, however, consider only polygonal billiard tables from here on. In the case of the circle, notice that the path is periodic because it bounces perpendicularly off the edges this is a common way to find periodic billiard paths, as we will see. Notice that the table does not necessarily have to have straight edges. Here are some simple examples of periodic billiard paths. A billiard path is simply the path that a billiard ball takes once it is set in motion. One of the interesting open questions in the study of mathematical billiards is, given a particular shape as our billiard table, whether it is possible to find a billiard path that is periodic that is, one which repeats itself over and over again. That is, the angle the ball’s path (prior to collision) and the edge of the table make is equal to the angle the ball’s path (after the collision) and the edge of the table make. We require that when the billiard ball strikes an edge of our table that There is also an important law of physics that our ball must obey in fact, this law is also present in real billiards. Our final rule change is that we can make our billiard table whatever shape we want later on we will discuss what shapes behave ‘nicely’ as billiard tables. The only exception is that we say the ball has stopped if it lands precisely in a corner. So, once our ball starts moving, it doesn’t stop. We also play on a frictionless table and require all collisions to be elastic (this means that energy is conserved during each collision i.e. For this reason, our goal is not to hit other billiard balls into pockets rather, it’s to see how our ball travels once we’ve set it in motion. First off, we play with only one infinitesimally small billiard ball. Let’s get acquainted with the ‘rules’ of mathematical billiards, which are somewhat different from the game with which many of us are familiar.
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Here we will see how to take a simple game of skill, billiards, and use geometry to study the game mathematically. It should be no surprise, then, that almost anything can be studied using mathematics.
This can be seen, for example, in the fact that the golden ratio and the Fibonacci numbers show up, well, almost everywhere. As we grow older, those of us who continue to study mathematics realize that one of the beautiful things about mathematics (and geometry in particular) is that it is present all over the place.
When we are young, it can be difficult to see how mathematics is related to the ‘real world’. It is the question that we’ve all heard, at one point or another, in our high school years. “When are we actually going to use this in real life?” A student complains to his or her math teacher.
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