Analysis · Oct 6, 2026
The near-boundary Birkhoff conjecture
Resolves the near-boundary Birkhoff conjecture for smooth strictly convex planar billiards of positive curvature. Such a billiard is an ellipse whenever a full grazing annulus is continuously foliated by individually invariant essential curves. A continuous physical collar of smooth closed convex caustics also suffices.
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