arXiv · 1812.06539
Conformal Group Actions on Generalized Kuramoto Oscillators
Abstract
This paper unifies the recent results on generalized Kuramoto Model reductions. Lohe took a coupled system of $N$ bodies on $S^d$ governed by the Kuramoto equations $\dot{x_i} = \Omega x_i + X - \langle x_i, X \rangle x_i$ and used the method of Watanabe and Strogatz to reduce this system to $d + \frac{d(d-1)}{2}$ equations. Using a model of rigid rotations on a sphere as a guide, we show that the reduction is described by a smooth path in the Lie group of conformal transformations on the sphere, which is diffeomorphic to $SO(d) \times D^d$. Seeing the reduction this way allows us to apply geometric and topological reasoning in order to understand qualitative behavior of the Kuramoto Model.
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Max Lipton. 2018-12-16. Conformal Group Actions on Generalized Kuramoto Oscillators. https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06539
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