Integer Sequences from Circle Divisions in Rational Billiards

14 Mar 2020  ·  Jaud Daniel ·

We study rational circular billiards. By viewing the trajectory formed after each reflection point to another inside the circle as the number of circle divisions into regions we derive a general formula for the number of division regions after each reflection. This will give rise to an integer division sequence. Restricting to the special cases $\vartheta =\frac{q}{2q+1}\cdot 2\pi$ we show that the number of regions after each reflection $n$ is beautifully related to Gauss 's arithmetic series.

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