BOUNCE
Bunimovich Stadium · Ergodic Billiards · 1974
CIRCLE (integrable) INTEGRABLE STADIUM (ergodic)
α = 0.00 bounces: 0 coverage: 0%

In a circular billiard, angular momentum is conserved — every trajectory traces an ordered annular band. Flatten the ends into a stadium and the conserved quantity is destroyed. A single trajectory eventually fills the entire region uniformly.

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