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We formulate a general Kuramoto model on weighted simplicial complexes where phases oscillators are supported on simplices of any order $k$. Crucially, we introduce linear and non-linear frustration terms that are independent of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-23 Alexis Arnaudon , Robert L. Peach , Giovanni Petri , Paul Expert

We study the dynamics of the Kuramoto model on the sphere under higher-order interactions and an external periodic force. For identical oscillators, we introduce a novel way to incorporate three- and four-body interactions into the dynamics…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-05-26 Guilherme S. Costa , Marcel Novaes , Ricardo Fariello , Marcus A. M. de Aguiar

In this paper, we study the convergence to the stable equilibrium for Kuramoto oscillators. Specifically, we derive estimates on the rate of convergence to the global equilibrium for solutions of the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi equation in a large…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Javier Morales , David Poyato

In this numerical work we have systematically studied the dynamical phase transitions in the Kuramoto- Sakaguchi model of synchronizing phase oscillators controlled by disorder in the Sakaguchi phases. We find out the numerical steady state…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-08-07 Amitava Banerjee , Muktish Acharyya

We consider a general class of (intersecting) loop models in D dimensions, including those related to high-temperature expansions of well-known spin models. We find that the loop models exhibit some interesting features - often in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Chayes , Leonid P. Pryadko , Kirill Shtengel

Kuramoto oscillator networks have the special property that their trajectories are constrained to lie on the (at most) 3D orbits of the M\"obius group acting on the state space $T^N$ (the $N$-fold torus). This result has been used to…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-09-13 Bolun Chen , Jan R. Engelbrecht , Renato Mirollo

Swarmalators are oscillators that can swarm as well as sync via a dynamic balance between their spatial proximity and phase similarity. We present a generalized D-dimensional swarmalator model, which is more realistic and versatile, that…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-08-09 Akash Yadav , Krishnanand J , V. K. Chandrasekar , Wei Zou , Jürgen Kurths , D. V. Senthilkumar

We have examined the synchronization and de-synchronization transitions observable in the Kuramoto model with a standard pair-wise first harmonic interaction plus a higher order (triadic) symmetric interaction for unimodal and bimodal…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-09-28 Alejandro Carballosa , Alberto P. Muñuzuri , Stefano Boccaletti , Alessandro Torcini , Simona Olmi

In the context of the celebrated Kuramoto model of globally-coupled phase oscillators of distributed natural frequencies, which serves as a paradigm to investigate spontaneous collective synchronization in many-body interacting systems, we…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-09-20 Shamik Gupta

Globally coupled populations of phase rotators with linear adaptive coupling can exhibit collective bursting oscillations between asynchronous and partially synchronized states, which can be either periodic or chaotic. Here, we analyze the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-02-25 Marzena Ciszak , Francesco Marino

In the Kuramoto model, a uniform distribution of the natural frequencies leads to a first-order (i.e., discontinuous) phase transition from incoherence to synchronization, at the critical coupling parameter $K_c$. We obtain the asymptotic…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Diego Pazo

Synchronization on the sphere is important to certain control applications in swarm robotics. Of recent interest is the Lohe model, which generalizes the Kuramoto model from the circle to the sphere. The Lohe model is mainly studied in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-02 Johan Markdahl , Daniele Proverbio , Jorge Goncalves

Phase reduction is a powerful technique in the study of nonlinear oscillatory systems. Under certain assumptions, it allows us to describe each multidimensional oscillator by a single phase variable, giving rise to simple phase models such…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-10-22 Iván León , Riccardo Muolo , Shigefumi Hata , Hiroya Nakao

Regardless of model and platform details, the critical phenomena exhibit universal behaviors that are remarkably consistent across various experiments and theories, resulting in a significant scientific success of condensed matter physics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Qiwei Wan , Yi Zhang

A class of nonequilibrium models with short-range interactions and sequential updates is presented. The models describe one dimensional growth processes which display a roughening transition between a smooth and a rough phase. This…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Uri Alon , Martin Evans , Haye Hinrichsen , David Mukamel

In this paper we analyze the second-order Kuramoto model presenting a positive correlation between the heterogeneity of the connections and the natural frequencies in scale-free networks. We numerically show that discontinuous transitions…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 Thomas K. DM. Peron , Peng Ji , Francisco A. Rodrigues , Jürgen Kurths

Networks of phase oscillators can serve as dense associative memories if they incorporate higher-order coupling beyond the classical Kuramoto model's pairwise interactions. Here we introduce a generalized Kuramoto model with combined…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-07-30 Jona Nagerl , Natalia G. Berloff

Phase transitions occupy a central role in physics, due both to their experimental ubiquity and their fundamental conceptual importance. The explanation of universality at phase transitions was the great success of the theory formulated by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Fabien Alet , Gregoire Misguich , Vincent Pasquier , Roderich Moessner , Jesper Lykke Jacobsen

Synchronization in networks of coupled oscillators is classically studied via the Kuramoto model, whose intrinsic nonlinearity limits analytical tractability and complicates control design. Complex-valued extensions circumvent this by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Lorenzo Giordano , Josep M. Olm , Mario di Bernardo

The Kuramoto model has provided deep insights into synchronization phenomena and remains an important paradigm to study the dynamics of coupled oscillators. Yet, despite its success, the asynchronous regime in the Kuramoto model has…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Yagmur Kati , Jonas Ranft , Benjamin Lindner