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Isotropy of Angular Frequencies and Weak Chimeras With Broken Symmetry
The notion of a weak chimeras provides a tractable definition for chimera
states in networks of finitely many phase oscillators. Here we generalize the
definition of a weak chimera to a more general class of equivariant dynamical
systems by characterizing solutions in terms of the isotropy of their angular
frequency vector - for coupled phase oscillators the angular frequency vector
is given by the average of the vector field along a trajectory. Symmetries of
solutions automatically imply angular frequency synchronization. We show that
the presence of such symmetries is not necessary by giving a result for the
existence of weak chimeras without instantaneous or setwise symmetries for
coupled phase oscillators. Moreover, we construct a coupling function that
gives rise to chaotic weak chimeras without symmetry in weakly coupled
populations of phase oscillators with generalized coupling
Heteroclinic switching between chimeras
Functional oscillator networks, such as neuronal networks in the brain,
exhibit switching between metastable states involving many oscillators. We give
exact results how such global dynamics can arise in paradigmatic phase
oscillator networks: higher-order network interaction gives rise to metastable
chimeras - localized frequency synchrony patterns - which are joined by
heteroclinic connections. Moreover, we illuminate the mechanisms that underly
the switching dynamics in these experimentally accessible networks
The Substance of Gloup
An essay on Gloup, the Gloucestershire group of concrete poets, including dom sylvester houedard (dsh), Ken Cox, John Furnival, concentrating in particular on the relationship between Cox and houedard and looking at the implications of this radical legacy for contemporary thought and practice. INDEX|press is a small artist run magazine and gallery programme based in Stroud with a radical international programme
Asynchronous Networks and Event Driven Dynamics
Real-world networks in technology, engineering and biology often exhibit
dynamics that cannot be adequately reproduced using network models given by
smooth dynamical systems and a fixed network topology. Asynchronous networks
give a theoretical and conceptual framework for the study of network dynamics
where nodes can evolve independently of one another, be constrained, stop, and
later restart, and where the interaction between different components of the
network may depend on time, state, and stochastic effects. This framework is
sufficiently general to encompass a wide range of applications ranging from
engineering to neuroscience. Typically, dynamics is piecewise smooth and there
are relationships with Filippov systems. In the first part of the paper, we
give examples of asynchronous networks, and describe the basic formalism and
structure. In the second part, we make the notion of a functional asynchronous
network rigorous, discuss the phenomenon of dynamical locks, and present a
foundational result on the spatiotemporal factorization of the dynamics for a
large class of functional asynchronous networks
Chaotic Weak Chimeras and their Persistence in Coupled Populations of Phase Oscillators
Nontrivial collective behavior may emerge from the interactive dynamics of
many oscillatory units. Chimera states are chaotic patterns of spatially
localized coherent and incoherent oscillations. The recently-introduced notion
of a weak chimera gives a rigorously testable characterization of chimera
states for finite-dimensional phase oscillator networks. In this paper we give
some persistence results for dynamically invariant sets under perturbations and
apply them to coupled populations of phase oscillators with generalized
coupling. In contrast to the weak chimeras with nonpositive maximal Lyapunov
exponents constructed so far, we show that weak chimeras that are chaotic can
exist in the limit of vanishing coupling between coupled populations of phase
oscillators. We present numerical evidence that positive Lyapunov exponents can
persist for a positive measure set of this inter-population coupling strength
Controlling Chimeras
Coupled phase oscillators model a variety of dynamical phenomena in nature
and technological applications. Non-local coupling gives rise to chimera states
which are characterized by a distinct part of phase-synchronized oscillators
while the remaining ones move incoherently. Here, we apply the idea of control
to chimera states: using gradient dynamics to exploit drift of a chimera, it
will attain any desired target position. Through control, chimera states become
functionally relevant; for example, the controlled position of localized
synchrony may encode information and perform computations. Since functional
aspects are crucial in (neuro-)biology and technology, the localized
synchronization of a chimera state becomes accessible to develop novel
applications. Based on gradient dynamics, our control strategy applies to any
suitable observable and can be generalized to arbitrary dimensions. Thus, the
applicability of chimera control goes beyond chimera states in non-locally
coupled systems
Investment, income, incompleteness
The utility-maximizing consumption and investment strategy of an individual investor receiving an unspanned labor income stream seems impossible to find in closed form and very dificult to find using numerical solution techniques. We suggest an easy procedure for finding a specific, simple, and admissible consumption and investment strategy, which is near-optimal in the sense that the wealthequivalent loss compared to the unknown optimal strategy is very small. We first explain and implement the strategy in a simple setting with constant interest rates, a single risky asset, and an exogenously given income stream, but we also show that the success of the strategy is robust to changes in parameter values, to the introduction of stochastic interest rates, and to endogenous labor supply decisions
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