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Gallavotti, G. (2007). Introduction to FPU. In: Gallavotti, G. (eds) The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 728. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72995-2_1
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