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Comment on "Synchronization dynamics in non-normal networks: the trade-off for optimality"

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems 2021-10-29 v1 Statistical Mechanics Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

A recent paper by R. Muolo, T. Carletti, J. P. Gleeson, and M. Asllani [Entropy 23, 36 (2021)] presents a mainly numerical study on the role of non-normality in the synchronization of coupled periodic oscillators, deriving apparent contradictions with the existing literature. Here, we show that their conclusions are artifactual due to a misinterpretation of the master stability function formalism and confirm that the existing literature is correct. We also point to a broader existing literature in which research considered in this paper was correctly addressed numerically, analytically, and experimentally.

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@article{arxiv.2110.14069,
  title  = {Comment on "Synchronization dynamics in non-normal networks: the trade-off for optimality"},
  author = {Takashi Nishikawa and Adilson E. Motter and Louis M. Pecora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.14069},
  year   = {2021}
}
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