The FPU problem as a statistical-mechanical counterpart of the KAM problem, and its relevance for the foundations of physics

DOI10.1134/S1560354718060060zbMath1419.82028OpenAlexW2904307057WikidataQ128785763 ScholiaQ128785763MaRDI QIDQ1739555

Luigi Galgani, Roberto Gangemi, Andrea Carati, Fabrizio Gangemi, Alberto Mario Maiocchi

Publication date: 26 April 2019

Published in: Regular and Chaotic Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1134/s1560354718060060

zbMATH Keywords

FPU problemfoundations of statistical mechanicsrelations between classical and quantum physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

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