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The Koopman operator provides a powerful framework for representing the dynamics of general nonlinear dynamical systems. Data-driven techniques to learn the Koopman operator typically assume that the chosen function space is closed under…
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Analyzing synchronized nonlinear oscillators is one of the most important and attractive topics in nonlinear science. By understanding the interactions between the oscillators, we can figure out the synchronization process. A promising…
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Koopman operator theory provides a framework for nonlinear dynamical system analysis and time-series forecasting by mapping dynamics to a space of real-valued measurement functions, enabling a linear operator representation. Despite the…