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In this paper, we investigate how the self-synchronization property of a swarm of Kuramoto oscillators can be controlled and exploited to achieve target densities and target phase coherence. In the limit of an infinite number of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-16 Carlo Sinigaglia , Francesco Braghin , Spring Berman

We analyse the collective behavior of a mean-field model of phase-oscillators of Kuramoto-Daido type coupled through pairwise interactions which depend on phase differences: the coupling function is composed of three harmonics. We provide…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-05 Pau Clusella , Antonio Politi

The Kuramoto model is a canonical framework for analyzing phase synchronization, yet its utility is restricted to the vicinity of the oscillator's unperturbed limit cycle. Here, we present a method to construct coupled-oscillator models…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-01-06 Koichiro Yawata , Hiroya Nakao

In this paper we consider symmetric games where a large number of players can be in any one of d states. We derive a limiting mean field model and characterize its main properties. This mean field limit is a system of coupled ordinary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-23 Diogo A. Gomes , Joana Mohr , Rafael R. Souza

Despite being under intense scrutiny for 50 years, the Kuramoto oscillator model has remained a quintessential representative of non-equilibrium phase transitions. One of the reasons for its enduring relevance is the apparent lack of an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Sherwin Kouchekian , Razvan Teodorescu

We investigate how the framework of mean-field games may be used to investigate strategic interactions in large heterogeneous populations. We consider strategic interactions in a population of players which may be partitioned into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Rama Cont , Anran Hu

We study the homogeneous Kuramoto model on a graph and the geometry of its underlying optimization landscape $\min_{\boldsymbol \theta \in \mathbb R^n}-\sum_{1\leq i,j\leq n} A_{ij}\cos(\theta_i-\theta_j).$ This problem admits a dual…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Hongjin Wu , Ulrik Brandes

Collective oscillations and patterns of synchrony have long fascinated researchers in the applied sciences, particularly due to their far-reaching importance in chemistry, physics, and biology. The Kuramoto model has emerged as a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Jason Bramburger , Matt Holzer

We consider a class of $N$-player games and mean-field games of singular controls with ergodic performance criterion, providing a benchmark case for irreversible investment games featuring mean-field interaction and strategic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Federico Cannerozzi , Giorgio Ferrari

We uncover a solvable generalization of the Kuramoto model in which shears (or nonisochronicities) and natural frequencies are distributed and statistically dependent. We show that the strength and sign of this dependence greatly alter…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2011-09-23 Diego Pazó , Ernest Montbrió

We present a novel method to compute the phase space distribution in the nonequilibrium stationary state of a wide class of mean-field systems involving rotators subject to quenched disordered external drive and dissipation. The method…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Alessandro Campa , Shamik Gupta , Stefano Ruffo

The transition to synchrony in the Kuramoto model of globally coupled phase oscillators with a uniform distribution of natural frequencies is discontinuous. We extend the theory of this transition to the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model, taking…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-04-14 Arkady Pikovsky

The hypothesis, that cortical dynamics operates near criticality also suggests, that it exhibits universal critical exponents which marks the Kuramoto equation, a fundamental model for synchronization, as a prime candidate for an underlying…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-12-24 Géza Ódor , Jeffrey Kelling

We study the impact of random pinning fields on the emergence of synchrony in the Kuramoto model on complete graphs and uncorrelated random complex networks. We consider random fields with uniformly distributed directions and homogeneous…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-07-20 M. A. Lopes , E. M. Lopes , S. Yoon , J. F. F. Mendes , A. V. Goltsev

What happens when the paradigmatic Kuramoto model involving interacting oscillators of distributed natural frequencies and showing spontaneous collective synchronization in the stationary state is subject to random and repeated…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-07-08 Mrinal Sarkar , Shamik Gupta

We consider a recently introduced $D$-dimensional generalized Kuramoto model for many $(N\gg 1)$ interacting agents in which the agent states are $D$-dimensional unit vectors. It was previously shown that, for even $D$, similar to the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2019-03-27 Sarthak Chandra , Edward Ott

In this paper, we study the synchronization of identical Kuramoto phase oscillators under cumulative stochastic damage to the edges of networks. We analyze the capacity of coupled oscillators to reach a coherent state from initial random…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-31 Leidy Katherin Eraso Hernández , Alejandro P. Riascos

We consider the inertial Kuramoto model of $N$ globally coupled oscillators characterized by both their phase and angular velocity, in which there is a time delay in the interaction between the oscillators. Besides the academic interest, we…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-05-29 David Métivier , Lucas Wetzel , Shamik Gupta

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

The conditions under which synchronization is achieved for a one-dimensional ring of identical phase oscillators with Kuramoto-like local coupling are studied. The system is approached in the weakly coupled approximation as phase units.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-10-20 K. García Medina , E. Estevez-Rams