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We develop a fluctuation framework to quantify the free energy difference between two equilibrium states connected by nonequilibrium processes under arbitrary dynamics and system-environment coupling. For an open system described by the…

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We carry out mathematical analyses, {\em \`{a} la} Helmholtz's and Boltzmann's 1884 studies of monocyclic Newtonian dynamics, for the Lotka-Volterra (LV) equation exhibiting predator-prey oscillations. In doing so a novel "thermodynamic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 Yi-An Ma , Hong Qian

Due to their relevance to geophysical systems, the investigation of multiscale systems through the lens of statistical mechanics has gained popularity in recent years. The aim of our work is the characterization of the nonequilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-12 Niccolò Cocciaglia , Dario Lucente

By virtue of Rayleigh-Benard convection, we illustrate the advantages of combining a hydrodynamic pattern forming instability with a thermodynamic critical point. This has already lead to many novel unexpected observations and is further…

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Ecosystems represent archetypal complex dynamical systems, often modelled by coupled differential equations of the form $$ \frac{d x_i}{d t} = x_i \varphi_i(x_1,\cdots, x_N)\ , $$ where $N$ represents the number of species and $x_i$, the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2022-12-13 Imane Akjouj , Matthieu Barbier , Maxime Clenet , Walid Hachem , Mylène Maïda , François Massol , Jamal Najim , Viet Chi Tran

We investigate by direct numerical simulation Rayleigh-B\'enard convection in a rotating rectangular cell with rotation vector and gravity perpendicular to each other. The flow is two dimensional near the onset of convection with convection…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-12 K. Lüdemann , A. Tilgner

We do a generic study of the behavior of a hard disk system under the action of a thermal gradient in presence of an uniform gravity field. We observe the conduction-convection transition and measure the main system observables and fields…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-28 Pedro L. Garrido

Reservoir computing (RC) is a powerful framework for predicting nonlinear dynamical systems, yet the role of reservoir topology$-$particularly symmetry in connectivity and weights$-$remains not adequately understood. This work investigates…

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Understanding the asymptotic behavior of reaction-diffusion (RD) systems is crucial for modeling processes ranging from species coexistence in ecology to biochemical interactions within cells. In this work, we analyze RD systems in which…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Carlos Barajas , Jean-Jacques Slotine , Domitilla Del Vecchio

Many mathematical models for biological phenomena, such as the spread of diseases, are based on reaction-diffusion equations for densities of interacting cell populations. We present a consistent derivation of reaction-diffusion equations…

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An exactly solvable model for the multi-level system interacting with several reservoirs at zero temperatures is presented. Population decay rates and decoherence rates predicted by exact solution and several approximate master equations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-06 A. E. Teretenkov

Turbulent convection systems are known to give rise to prominent large scale circulation. At the same time, the `background' (or `small-scale') turbulence is also highly relevant and e.g. carries the majority of the heat transport in the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-18 Pieter Berghout , Woutijn Johannes Baars , Dominik Krug

Scientific data, from cellular snapshots in biology to celestial distributions in cosmology, often consists of static patterns from underlying dynamical systems. These snapshots, while lacking temporal ordering, implicitly encode the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Yanbo Zhang , Michael Levin

In this manuscript, it is analysed the onset and evolution of natural convection of an incompressible fluid between spherical shells. The shells are kept at a fixed temperature difference and aspect ratio, and the Rayleigh-Benard convection…

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We investigate the stability and dynamics of natural convection in two dimensions, subject to inhomogeneous boundary conditions. In particular, we consider a Rayleigh-B\`enard (RB) cell, where the horizontal top boundary contains a periodic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-03-14 P. Ripesi , L. Biferale , M. Sbragaglia , A. Wirth

The dynamics by iteration of a function on a compact metric space, sometimes called a cascade, can be extended to the dynamics of a closed relation on such a space. Here we apply this relation dynamics to study semiflows (and their relation…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Ethan Akin

Our understanding of the material organization of complex fluid flows has recently benefited from mathematical developments in the theory of objective coherent structures. These methods have provided a wealth of approaches that identify…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-14 Nikolas Aksamit , Robert Hartmann , Detlef Lohse , George Haller

By analyzing the relationships between a socioeconomical system modeled through evolutionary game theory and a physical system modeled through quantum mechanics we show how although both systems are described through two theories apparently…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2008-12-02 Esteban Guevara

The occurrence of some extreme events (such as marine heatwaves or exceptional circulations) can cause other extreme events (such as heatwave, drought and flood). These concurrent extreme events have a great impact on environment and human…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-09-08 Siyang Yu , Yu Huang , Zuntao Fu