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This paper considers the cluster synchronization problem of generic linear dynamical systems whose system models are distinct in different clusters. These nonidentical linear models render control design and coupling conditions highly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-05 Zhongchang Liu , Wing Shing Wong , Hui Cheng

This work investigates a dynamical system functioning as a nonsmooth adaptation of the continuous Newton method, aimed at minimizing the sum of a primal lower-regular and a locally Lipschitz function, both potentially nonsmooth. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Juan Guillermo Garrido , Pedro Pérez-Aros , Emilio Vilches

We show that spontaneous density segregation in dense systems of aligning circle swimmers is a condensation phenomenon at odds with the phase separation scenarios usually observed in two-dimensional active matter. The condensates, which…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-20 Yujia Wang , Bruno Ventéjou , Hugues Chaté , Xia-qing Shi

In continuation of prior work, we investigate ties between a network's connectivity and ensemble dynamics. This relationship is notoriously difficult to approach mathematically in natural, complex networks. In our work, we aim to understand…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-09-13 Anca Radulescu , Danae Evans , Amani-Daisa Augustin , Anthony Cooper , Johan Nakuci , Sarah Muldoon

Synchronization of coupled oscillators is a ubiquitous phenomenon found throughout nature. Its robust realization is crucial to our understanding of various nonlinear systems, ranging from biological functions to electrical engineering. On…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-07-27 Kazuki Sone , Yuto Ashida , Takahiro Sagawa

Symmetries have proven useful in machine learning models, improving generalisation and overall performance. At the same time, recent advancements in learning dynamical systems rely on modelling the underlying Hamiltonian to guarantee the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Tycho F. A. van der Ouderaa , Mark van der Wilk , Pim de Haan

Spontaneous synchronization is a remarkable collective effect observed in nature, whereby a population of oscillating units, which have diverse natural frequencies and are in weak interaction with one another, evolves to spontaneously…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2018-08-23 Stefano Gherardini , Shamik Gupta , Stefano Ruffo

Driven many-body systems have been shown to exhibit discrete time crystal phases characterized by broken discrete time-translational symmetry. This has been achieved generally through a subharmonic response, in which the system undergoes…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-05-13 Zachary G. Nicolaou , Adilson E. Motter

Large-scale integration of inverter-based resources into power grids worldwide is challenging their stability and security. This paper takes a closer look at synchronous condensers as a solution to mitigate stability challenges caused by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Amir Sajadi , Barry Mather , Bri-Mathias Hodge

We analyze the collective behavior of a lattice model of pulse-coupled oscillators. By means of computer simulations we find the relation between the intrinsic dynamics of each member of the population and their mutual interaction that…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Alvaro Corral , Conrad J. Perez , Albert Diaz-Guilera , Alex Arenas

The development of direct probes of entanglement is integral to the rapidly expanding field of complex quantum materials. Here we test the robustness of entangled neutrons as a quantum probe by measuring the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt…

The dynamics of coupled Stuart-Landau oscillators play a central role in the study of synchronization phenomena. Previous works have focused on linearly coupled oscillators in different configurations, such as all-to-all or generic complex…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-03-30 Wilfried Segnou , Riccardo Muolo , Marie Dorchain , Hiroya Nakao , Timoteo Carletti

The looping pendulum is a simple physical system consisting of two masses connected by a string that passes over a rod. We derive equations of motion for the looping pendulum using Newtonian mechanics, and show that these equations can be…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Collin Dannheim , Luke Ignell , Brendan O'Donnell , Robert McNees , Constantin Rasinariu

We study localized waves in chains of oscillators coupled by Hertzian interactions and trapped in local potentials. This problem is originally motivated by Newton's cradle, a mechanical system consisting of a chain of touching beads subject…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-12 Guillaume James , Jesus Cuevas , Panayotis Kevrekidis

A liquid meniscus, a bending rod (also called elastica) and a simple pendulum are all described by the same non-dimensional equation. The oscillatory regime of the pendulum corresponds to buckling rods and pendant drops, and the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-05 Benoît Roman , Cyprien Gay , Christophe Clanet

In the context of renewable energies, wind energy appears as a sustainable alternative to address current environmental and energy challenges. This work studies the synchronization and stability of a network of wind turbines subjected to…

It has been known that several objects such as cluster variables, coefficients, seeds, and $Y$-seeds in different cluster patterns with common exchange matrices share the same periodicity under mutations. We call it synchronicity phenomenon…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Tomoki Nakanishi

Transitive consistency is an intrinsic property for collections of linear invertible transformations between Euclidean coordinate frames. In practice, when the transformations are estimated from data, this property is lacking. This work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-03 Johan Thunberg , Florian Bernard , Jorge Goncalves

Cellular Automata (CA) are a class of discrete dynamical systems that have been widely used to model complex systems in which the dynamics is specified at local cell-scale. Classically, CA are run on a regular lattice and with perfect…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2007-05-23 Nazim A. Fates , Michel Morvan

Relativistic Newtonian Dynamics (RND) was introduced in a series of recent papers by the author, in partial cooperation with J. M. Steiner. RND was capable of describing non-classical behavior of motion under a central attracting force. RND…

General Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Yaakov Friedman