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Multiplicity of periodic solutions to birkhoff’s billiard ball problem

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Ji, M. Multiplicity of periodic solutions to birkhoff’s billiard ball problem. Chin.Sci.Bull. 42, 353–355 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02884218

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