In mathematics, a piecewise isometry is a dynamical system that consists of finitely many Euclidean isometries acting in different places, including rotations, translations, and reflections.[1] Piecewise isometries are higher-dimensional generalizations of interval exchange transformations; the theory has applications in outer billiards, digital filters, and granular mixing.[1][2]

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  1. 1 2 Goetz, Arek (2003). "Piecewise Isometries — An Emerging Area of Dynamical Systems". Fractals in Graz 2001. Birkhäuser: 135–144. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8014-5_4.
  2. Smith, Lauren D.; Umbanhowar, Paul B.; Lueptow, Richard M.; Ottino, Julio M. (20 April 2019). "The geometry of cutting and shuffling: An outline of possibilities for piecewise isometries". Physics Reports. 802: 1–22. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2019.01.003. ISSN 0370-1573.

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