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Lyapunov analysis captures the collective dynamics of large chaotic systems

Chaotic Dynamics 2009-10-11 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We show, using generic globally-coupled systems, that the collective dynamics of large chaotic systems is encoded in their Lyapunov spectra: most modes are typically localized on a few degrees of freedom, but some are delocalized, acting collectively on the trajectory. For globally-coupled maps, we show moreover a quantitative correspondence between the collective modes and some of the so-called Perron-Frobenius dynamics. Our results imply that the conventional definition of extensivity must be changed as soon as collective dynamics sets in.

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@article{arxiv.0907.4298,
  title  = {Lyapunov analysis captures the collective dynamics of large chaotic systems},
  author = {Kazumasa A. Takeuchi and Francesco Ginelli and Hugues Chaté},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.4298},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures; small changes, mostly stylistic, made in v2