arXiv:0811.0728 [math.DS]AbstractReferencesReviewsResources
Infinite genus surfaces and irrational polygonal billiards
Published 2008-11-05, updated 2009-05-11Version 2
We prove that the natural invariant surface associated with the billiard game on an irrational polygonal table is homeomorphic to the Loch Ness monster, that is, the only orientable infinite genus topological real surface with exactly one end.
Comments: 15 pages, 18 figures
Categories: math.DS
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