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We study synchronization properties of systems of Kuramoto oscillators. The problem can also be understood as a question about the properties of an energy landscape created by a graph. More formally, let $G=(V,E)$ be a connected graph and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Jianfeng Lu , Stefan Steinerberger

In nature, instances of synchronisation abound across a diverse range of environments. In the quantum regime, however, synchronisation is typically observed by identifying an appropriate parameter regime in a specific system. In this work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-30 Joseph Tindall , Carlos Sánchez Muñoz , Berislav Buča , Dieter Jaksch

Networks of coupled nonlinear oscillators have been used to model circadian rhythms, flashing fireflies, Josephson junction arrays, high-voltage electric grids, and many other kinds of self-organizing systems. Recently, several authors have…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Shriya V. Nagpal , Gokul G. Nair , Steven H. Strogatz , Francesca Parise

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

Synchronization is studied in an array of identical linear oscillators of arbitrary order, coupled through a dynamic network comprising dissipative connectors (e.g., dampers) and restorative connectors (e.g., springs). The coupling network…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-06-21 S. Emre Tuna

Synchronization is one of the paradigmatic phenomena in the study of complex systems. It has been explored theoretically and experimentally mostly to understand natural phenomena, but also in view of technological applications. Although…

An interesting problem in synchronization is the study of coupled oscillators, wherein oscillators with different natural frequencies synchronize to a common frequency and equilibrium phase difference. In this paper, we investigate the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Vishaal Krishnan , Arun D. Mahindrakar , Somashekhar S. Hiremath

Synchronization is a fundamental phenomenon in complex systems, observed across a wide range of natural and engineered contexts. The Kuramoto model provides a foundational framework for understanding synchronization among coupled…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-02-03 Riccardo Muolo , Hiroya Nakao , Marco Coraggio

Synchronization of coupled dynamical systems is a widespread phenomenon in both biological and engineered networks, and understanding this behavior is crucial for controlling such systems. Considerable research has been dedicated to…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-04 Fatou K. Ndow , Zahra Aminzare

Synchronization of networked oscillators is known to depend fundamentally on the interplay between the dynamics of the graph's units and the microscopic arrangement of the network's structure. For non identical elements, the lack of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-01-20 A. Navas , J. A. Villacorta-Atienza , I. Leyva , J. A. Almendral , I. Sendiña-Nadal , S. Boccaletti

Synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature and we propose its new perspective in ultrafast dynamics in interacting electron systems. In particular, using graphene irradiated by an intense bi-circular pulse laser as a prototypical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-02 Tanay Nag , Robert-Jan Slager , Takuya Higuchi , Takashi Oka

Synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon occurring in social, biological, and technological systems when the internal rhythms of their constituents are adapted to be in unison as a result of their coupling. This natural tendency towards…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-11 Ignacio Hermoso de Mendoza , Leonardo A. Pachón , Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes , David Zueco

Synchronization in the networks of coupled oscillators is a widely studied topic in different areas. It is well-known that synchronization occurs if the connectivity of the network dominates heterogeneity of the oscillators. Despite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-20 Elizabeth Y. Huang , Saber Jafarpour , Francesco Bullo

We study the effect of structured higher-order interactions on the collective behavior of coupled phase oscillators. By combining a hypergraph generative model with dimensionality reduction techniques, we obtain a reduced system of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-03-14 Sabina Adhikari , Juan G. Restrepo , Per Sebastian Skardal

In this paper, we introduce the synchronization zeta function associated with a pair of self-maps of a topological space and investigate its properties. We also define the growth rate of synchronization points and derive an explicit formula…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Alexander Fel'shtyn , Mateusz Slomiany

We investigate the persistence of synchronization in networks of diffusively coupled oscillators when the coupling functions are nonidentical. Under mild conditions, we uncover the influence of the network interaction structure on the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-11-26 Daniel M. N. Maia , Tiago Pereira , Elbert E. N. Macau

We experimentally study the synchronization of two chaotic electronic circuits whose dynamics is relayed by a third parameter-matched circuit, to which they are coupled bidirectionally in a linear chain configuration. In a wide range of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-16 Iacyel Gomes Da Silva , Javier M. Buldú , Claudio R. Mirasso , Jordi García-Ojalvo

Synchronization processes are ubiquitous despite the many connectivity patterns that complex systems can show. Usually, the emergence of synchrony is a macroscopic observable, however, the microscopic details of the system, as e.g. the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-06-08 Lluis Arola-Fernandez , Albert Diaz-Guilera , Alex Arenas

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

Motile cilia beat in an asymmetric fashion in order to propel the surrounding fluid. When many cilia are located on a surface, their beating can synchronise such that their phases form metachronal waves. Here, we computationally study a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-09-29 David J. Hickey , Ramin Golestanian , Andrej Vilfan