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An elegant solution of the n-body Toda problem

Arlen Anderson

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9507092

Abstract

The solution of the classical open-chain n-body Toda problem is derived from an ansatz and is found to have a highly symmetric form. The proof requires an unusual identity involving Vandermonde determinants. The explicit transformation to action-angle variables is exhibited.

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