%0 Journal Article %T Separation of Variables in the Classical Integrable SL(3) Magnetic Chain %A E. K. Sklyanin %J Physics %D 1992 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/BF02096572 %X There are two fundamental problems studied by the theory of hamiltonian integrable systems: integration of equations of motion, and construction of action-angle variables. The third problem, however, should be added to the list: separation of variables. Though much simpler than two others, it has important relations to the quantum integrability. Separation of variables is constructed for the $SL(3)$ magnetic chain --- an example of integrable model associated to a nonhyperelliptic algebraic curve. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9211126v1