Bifurcation From Networks of Unstable Attractors to Heteroclinic Switching

dc.creatorKirst, Christoph
dc.creatorTimme, Marc
dc.date2007-09-21
dc.date2008-12-09
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dc.descriptionWe present a dynamical system that naturally exhibits two unstable attractors that are completely enclosed by each others basin volume. This counter-intuitive phenomenon occurs in networks of pulse-coupled oscillators with delayed interactions. We analytically and numerically investigate this phenomenon and clarify the mechanism underlying it: Upon continuously removing the non-invertibility of the system, the set of two unstable attractors becomes a set of two non-attracting saddle states that are heteroclinically connected to each other. This transition from a network of unstable attractors to a heteroclinic cycle constitutes a new type of bifurcation in dynamical systems.
dc.description4 pages, 3 Figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3432
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3432
dc.identifierC. Kirst and M. Timme, Phys. Rev. E 065201(R) (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.065201
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/209785
dc.subjectChaotic Dynamics
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectAdaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
dc.subjectNeurons and Cognition
dc.titleBifurcation From Networks of Unstable Attractors to Heteroclinic Switching
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