Graduate Spectrum of the Liouville Operator

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The discussion centers on the Liouville differential operator defined as $$L=-i\left \{ ,H \right \}$$ in the context of classical systems with Hamiltonians. It is established that the operator ##L## is Hermitian in the Hilbert space of square integrable wavefunctions over phase space, particularly for integrable systems in the Arnold-Liouville sense. The conversation highlights the challenge of computing the spectrum of ##L## for chaotic systems and references relevant literature, including a paper authored by one of the participants, which may provide further insights.

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I would like some references that study the spectrum of the Liouville operator in the general case.
Context: Consider a classical system with Hamiltonian ##H##. The Liouville differential operator can be defined using the Poisson brackets as $$L=-i\left \{ ,H \right \}.$$
##L## is Hermitian in the Hilbert space of square integrable wavefunctions over phase space. The spectrum of ##L## is easy to compute for all systems that are integrable in the Arnold-Liouville sense. What about the chaotic systems? is there any good reference for this? Google is only giving me papers for the Liouville- von Neumann operator of QM.
 
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