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I summarize here the remarks made at the closing of the Conference and Research Workshop: Perspectives on Nonlinear Dynamics, held in Trieste in July 2007.
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Sreenivasan, K.R. Some comments on nonlinear dynamics. Pramana - J Phys 70, 959–963 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-008-0102-4
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