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Explosive higher-order Kuramoto dynamics on simplicial complexes

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems 2020-06-02 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Statistical Mechanics Social and Information Networks Biological Physics Physics and Society

Abstract

The higher-order interactions of complex systems, such as the brain are captured by their simplicial complex structure and have a significant effect on dynamics. However, the existing dynamical models defined on simplicial complexes make the strong assumption that the dynamics resides exclusively on the nodes. Here we formulate the higher-order Kuramoto model which describes the interactions between oscillators placed not only on nodes but also on links, triangles, and so on. We show that higher-order Kuramoto dynamics can lead to an explosive synchronization transition by using an adaptive coupling dependent on the solenoidal and the irrotational component of the dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04405,
  title  = {Explosive higher-order Kuramoto dynamics on simplicial complexes},
  author = {Ana P. Millán and Joaquín J. Torres and Ginestra Bianconi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04405},
  year   = {2020}
}

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(5 pages, 3 figures) + SM (12 pages, 10 figures)

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