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Ian Stewart
University of Warwick
Synchronised chaos in networks
November 7, 2007 Rockwell Pavillion, MDA Library
Abstract
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The classic example of synchronised chaos arises when two identical
oscillators are coupled together. If each has at least three degrees of
freedom (dimensions of phase space) then it is possible for both to obey
identical chaotic dynamics -- synchrony. This phenomenon has been studied
because of potential applications to cryptography, but it also has applications
elsewhere.
The crucial issue here is the stability of the synchronous state,
and how it can be lost as a parameter is varied. The bifurcation scenario
turns out to be complicated, including the possibility of 'bubbling',
where synchrony is repeatedly lost and regained. This effect is related to
a lack of uniqueness of invariant measures on the synchronous state.
More generally, we can consider a more complicated network, and ask the
same questions. How does synchronised chaos arise? What sort of bifurcations
do we expect? Again, we expect to find bubbling behavior, with similar
criteria regarding stability.
The talk will explore these questions, with a brief introduction to
network dynamics and synchrony, and report on some numerical experiments
related to the Rossler attractor.
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