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For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

Edit: included a rough sketch.

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For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

Edit: included a rough sketch.

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For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

Edit: included a rough sketch.

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For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

Edit: included a rough sketch.

enter image description here

For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.

Edit: included a rough sketch.

enter image description here

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Adam P. Goucher
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For question 3, the answer is yes: take a solid disc and excavate half of the Penrose unilluminable room from it. Then, there are boundary arcs which can never be touched, and you can perturb them without altering the bounce behaviour.

It's possible to make this simple closed curve $C^{\infty}$ if you carefully smooth the corners.