On Length Spectrum Rigidity of Dispersing Billiard Systems

Abstract

We consider the class of dispersing billiard systems in the plane formed by removing three convex analytic scatterers satisfying the non-eclipse condition. The collision map in this system is conjugated to a subshift, providing a natural labeling of periodic points. We study the problem of marked length spectrum rigidity for this class of systems. We show that two such systems have the same marked length spectrum if and only if their collision maps are analytically conjugate to each other near a homoclinic orbit and that two scatterers and the marked length spectrum together uniquely determine the third scatterer.

arXiv comment25 pages, 4 figures