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  1. Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA

    Serge Tabachnikov

  2. Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University, 49401, Allendale, MI, USA

    Filiz Dogru

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This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (S.T.).

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Tabachnikov, S., Dogru, F. Dual Billiards. The Mathematical Intelligencer 27, 18–25 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985854

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