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Dynamical and statistical properties of Hamiltonian systems with many degrees of freedom

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    L. Casetti

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    M. Cerruti-Sola & M. Pettini

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125, Firenze, Italy

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Casetti, L., Cerruti-Sola, M., Modugno, M. et al. Dynamical and statistical properties of Hamiltonian systems with many degrees of freedom. Rivista Nuovo Cimento 22, 1–74 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845036

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