A new perspective of arithmetic billiards

Abstract

We study the problem of arithmetic billiards from a new perspective. We first raise a similar problem about reflecting lights inside grids. For the solution to this problem, we will give three proofs. Next, we consider a similar problem in plane grids and give its solution. Moreover, we extend this two problems to $p$-dimensional space, where $p\geq2$. In this process, we introduce two mappings about finite discrete sets, and get two finite abelian groups. In addition, we give the definition of circular sequences and consider some combinatorial properties of circular sequences.