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Continuous versions of some discrete maps or what goes on when the lights go out

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We show how to realize a variety of discrete maps as time-one evaluations of integrable Hamiltonian flows.

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  1. Courant Institute Department of Mathematics, New York University, 10012, New York, NY, USA

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Deift, P. Continuous versions of some discrete maps or what goes on when the lights go out. J. Anal. Math. 58, 121–133 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02790360

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