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We expose a mechanism for the dynamical generation and control of light states with diverse topologies in spiraling guiding structures. Specifically, we show that spiraling shallow refractive index landscapes induce coupling and periodic…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Victor A. Vysloukh , Lluis Torner

Many natural systems are organized as networks, in which the nodes (be they cells, individuals or populations) interact in a time-dependent fashion. The dynamic behavior of these networks depends on how these nodes are connected, which can…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-22 Anca Radulescu , Sergio Verduzco-Flores

We present an analysis of the topologies of a class of networks which are optimal in terms of the requirements of having as short a route as possible between any two nodes while yet keeping the congestion in the network as low as possible.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vittoria Colizza , Jayanth R. Banavar , Amos Maritan , Andrea Rinaldo

Transportation and distribution networks are a class of spatial networks that have been of interest in recent years. These networks are often characterized by the presence of complex structures such as central loops paired with peripheral…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-01-23 Sebastiano Bontorin , Giulia Cencetti , Riccardo Gallotti , Bruno Lepri , Manlio De Domenico

Network dynamics offers critical insights into the behavior and evolution of complex systems. Here, we focus on the topological dynamics of networks to explore a unique process for reducing the average distance: topological compression. The…

General Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Jian-Hui Li , Zu-Guo Yu , Yu-Chu Tian

To observe synchronization in a large network of classical or quantum systems demands both excellent control of the interactions between the nodes and very accurate preparation of the initial conditions due to the involved nonlinearities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Christopher W. Wächtler , Gloria Platero

We investigate the emergence and persistence of communities through a recently proposed mechanism of adaptive rewiring in coevolutionary networks. We characterize the topological structures arising in a coevolutionary network subject to an…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-22 J. C. González-Avella , M. G. Cosenza , J. L. Herrera , K. Tucci

Active fluids display spontaneous turbulent-like flows known as active turbulence. Recent work revealed that these flows have universal features, independent of the material properties and of the presence of topological defects. However,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-19 Ido Lavi , Ricard Alert , Jean-François Joanny , Jaume Casademunt

This paper studies the controllability of networked multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) systems, in which the network topology is weighted and directed, and the nodes are heterogeneous higher-dimensional linear time-invariant (LTI) dynamical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Linying Xiang , Peiru Wang , Fei Chen , Guanrong Chen

Networks grow and evolve by local events, such as the addition of new nodes and links, or rewiring of links from one node to another. We show that depending on the frequency of these processes two topologically different networks can…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Reka Albert , Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

The collective dynamics of a network of coupled excitable systems in response to an external stimulus depends on the topology of the connections in the network. Here we develop a general theoretical approach to study the effects of network…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-10-22 Daniel B. Larremore , Woodrow L. Shew , Juan G. Restrepo

To describe the flow of a miscible quantity on a network, we introduce the graph wave equation where the standard continuous Laplacian is replaced by the graph Laplacian. This is a natural description of an array of inductances and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-10-25 Jean-Guy Caputo , Arnaud Knippel , Elie Simo

Over the last two decades, network science has greatly advanced our understanding of how the collective behaviors of a complex system emerge from the interactions among its basic units. Multiplex networks, i.e. networks with many layers,…

Visualization of turbulent flows is a powerful tool to help understand the turbulence dynamics and induced transport. However, it does not provide a quantitative description of the observed structures. In this paper, an approach to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin A. Carreras , Irene Llerena , Luis Garcia , Ivan Calvo

The aim of this paper is to study dynamical and topological properties of a flow in the region of influence of an isolated non-saddle set or a $W$-set in a manifold. These are certain classes of compact invariant sets in whose vicinity the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Héctor Barge , J. J. Sánchez-Gabites , J. M. R. Sanjurjo

Understanding the mechanisms behind emergent behaviors in multi-agent systems is critical for advancing fields such as swarm robotics and artificial intelligence. In this study, we investigate how neural networks evolve to control agents'…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-10-28 Guilherme S. Y. Giardini , John F. Hardy , Carlo R. da Cunha

The rapidly developing theory of complex networks indicates that real networks are not random, but have a highly robust large-scale architecture, governed by strict organizational principles. Here, we focus on the properties of biological…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 E. Almaas , A. -L. Barabasi

Networked dynamical systems are common throughout science in engineering; e.g., biological networks, reaction networks, power systems, and the like. For many such systems, nonlinearity drives populations of identical (or near-identical)…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-02-10 James Koch , Zhao Chen , Aaron Tuor , Jan Drgona , Draguna Vrabie

Network science enables the effective analysis of real interconnected systems, characterized by a complex interplay between topology and interconnections strength. It is well-known that the topology of a network affects its resilience to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-06-10 Giulia Bertagnolli , Riccardo Gallotti , Manlio De Domenico

The interplay between time scales and structural properties of complex networks of nonlinear oscillators can generate many interesting phenomena, like amplitude death, cluster synchronization, frequency synchronization etc. We study the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2019-04-23 Kajari Gupta , G. Ambika