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Simple dynamics on graphs

Discrete Mathematics 2016-03-09 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Does the interaction graph of a finite dynamical system can force this system to have a "complex" dynamics ? In other words, given a finite interval of integers AA, which are the signed digraphs GG such that every finite dynamical system f:AnAnf:A^n\to A^n with GG as interaction graph has a "complex" dynamics ? If A3|A|\geq 3 we prove that no such signed digraph exists. More precisely, we prove that for every signed digraph GG there exists a system f:AnAnf:A^n\to A^n with GG as interaction graph that converges toward a unique fixed point in at most log2n+2\lfloor\log_2 n\rfloor+2 steps. The boolean case A=2|A|=2 is more difficult, and we provide partial answers instead. We exhibit large classes of unsigned digraphs which admit boolean dynamical systems which converge toward a unique fixed point in polynomial, linear or constant time.

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@article{arxiv.1503.04688,
  title  = {Simple dynamics on graphs},
  author = {Maximilien Gadouleau and Adrien Richard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.04688},
  year   = {2016}
}

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