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Collective periodicity in mean-field models of cooperative behavior

Probability 2015-02-09 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We propose a way to break symmetry in stochastic dynamics by introducing a dissipation term. We show in a specific mean-field model, that if the reversible model undergoes a phase transition of ferromagnetic type, then its dissipative counterpart exhibits periodic orbits in the thermodynamic limit.

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@article{arxiv.1502.01960,
  title  = {Collective periodicity in mean-field models of cooperative behavior},
  author = {Francesca Collet and Paolo Dai Pra and Marco Formentin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01960},
  year   = {2015}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures