Prevalence of Unstable Attractors in Networks of Pulse-Coupled Oscillators

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  • Marc Timme - , University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Author)
  • Fred Wolf - , University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Author)
  • Theo Geisel - , University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Author)

Abstract

We present and analyze the first example of a dynamical system that naturally exhibits attracting periodic orbits that are unstable. These unstable attractors occur in networks of pulse-coupled oscillators, and become prevalent with increasing network size for a wide range of parameters. They are enclosed by basins of attraction of other attractors but are remote from their own basin volume such that arbitrarily small noise leads to a switching among attractors.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number154105
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume89
Issue number15
Publication statusPublished - 23 Sept 2002
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-5956-3137/work/142242534

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