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SUMMARY:Diana Davis (Phillips Exeter Academy)
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 >Billiards on regular polygons</a>\nby Diana Davis (Phillips Exeter Academ
 y) as part of University of Glasgow's distinguished lecture series\n\n\nAb
 stract\nImagine that you hit a ball in a pentagon-shaped billiard table\, 
 and after bouncing around for a while\, the ball comes back to where it st
 arted and then repeats its path. I've been studying these "periodic" paths
  for a couple of years\, and it turns out that they're very beautiful\, li
 ke mathematical art. I'll show lots of pictures\, and explain the math beh
 ind them. We've been studying the pentagon for many years. For spring brea
 k in March\, I went to France to work with my collaborator Samuel Lelièvr
 e\, and I ended up staying there for three months due to the pandemic\, du
 ring which time we extended our work to any regular polygon with an odd nu
 mber of sides. Bring your favorite numbers\, and I'll show you the corresp
 onding paths on the spot!\n
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