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Bogolubov's classical example of statistical relaxation in a many-dimensional linear oscillator is discussed. The relation of the discovered relaxation mechanism to quantum dynamics as well as to some new problems in classical mechanics is considered.
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Chirikov, B.V. Transient chaos in quantum and classical mechanics. Found Phys 16, 39–49 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00735179
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