Title: A Curious Trickshot
Speaker: Xavier Garcia
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Watch me play billiards in regions bounded by a smooth curve. If your table is not smooth enough, you can have some orbits exhibiting weird behavior. I'll discuss some (sharp) conditions under which this happens, and how 'often' they appear on any given particular table. No background necessary.Date: Friday, January 30, 2015