Global analysis of a continuum model for monotone pulse-coupled oscillators
Abstract
We consider a continuum of phase oscillators on the circle interacting through an impulsive instantaneous coupling. In contrast with previous studies on related pulse-coupled models, the stability results obtained in the continuum limit are global. For the nonlinear transport equation governing the evolution of the oscillators, we propose (under technical assumptions) a global Lyapunov function which is induced by a total variation distance between quantile densities. The monotone time evolution of the Lyapunov function completely characterizes the dichotomic behavior of the oscillators: either the oscillators converge in finite time to a synchronous state or they asymptotically converge to an asynchronous state uniformly spread on the circle. The results of the present paper apply to popular phase oscillators models (e.g. the well-known leaky integrate-and-fire model) and draw a strong parallel between the analysis of finite and infinite populations. In addition, they provide a novel approach for the (global) analysis of pulse-coupled oscillators.
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@article{arxiv.1102.4511,
title = {Global analysis of a continuum model for monotone pulse-coupled oscillators},
author = {Alexandre Mauroy and Rodolphe Sepulchre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.4511},
year = {2013}
}
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33 pages