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Jason A. C. Gallas

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Gauss periods are minimal polynomials for totally real cyclic fields of prime degree

We report extensive computational evidence that Gauss period equations are minimal discriminant polynomials for primitive elements representing Abelian (cyclic) polynomials of prime degrees $p$. By computing 200 period equations up to $p=97$, we significantly extend tables in the compendious number fields database of Klüners and Malle. Up to $p=7$, period equations reproduce known results proved to have minimum discriminant. For $11\leq p\leq 23$, period equations coincide with 53 known but unproved cases of minimum discriminant in the database, and fill a gap of 19 missing cases. For $29\leq p\leq 97$, we report 128 not previously known cases, 16 of them conjectured to be minimum discriminant polynomials of Galois group $pT1$. The significant advantage of period equations is that they all may be obtained analytically using a procedure that works for fields of arbitrary degrees, and which are extremely hard to detect by systematic numerical search.

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Preperiodicity and systematic extraction of periodic orbits of the quadratic map

Iteration of the quadratic map produces sequences of polynomials whose degrees {\sl explode} as the orbital period grows more and more. The polynomial mixing all 335 period-12 orbits has degree $4020$, while for the $52,377$ period-20 orbits the degree rises already to $1,047,540$. Here, we show how to use preperiodic points to systematically extract exact equations of motion, one by one, with no need for iteration. Exact orbital equations provide valuable insight about the arithmetic structure and nesting properties of towers of algebraic numbers which define orbital points and bifurcation cascades of the map.

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Orbital carriers and inheritance in discrete-time quadratic dynamics

Explicit formulas for {\sl orbital carriers} of periods $4$, $5$, and $6$ are reported for discrete-time quadratic dynamics. A systematic investigation of {\sl orbital inheritance} for periods as high as $k\leq 12$ is also reported. Inheritance means that unknown orbits may be obtained by nonlinear transformations of known orbits. Such nested {\sl orbit within orbit stratification} shows orbits not to be necessarily independent of each other as generally assumed. Orbital stratification is potentially significant to rearrange trajectories sums in trace formulas underlying modern semiclassical interpretations of atomic physics spectra. The stratification seems to dominate as the orbital period grows.

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Monogenic period equations are cyclotomic polynomials

We study monogeneity in {\sl period equations}, $ψ_e(x)$, the auxiliary equations introduced by Gauss to solve cyclotomic polynomials by radicals. All monogenic $ψ_e(x)$ of degrees $4 \leq e \leq 250$ are determined for extended intervals of primes $p=ef+1$, and found to coincide either with cyclotomic polynomials, or with simple de Moivre reduced forms of cyclotomic polynomials. The former case occurs for $p=e+1$, and the latter for $p=2e+1$. For $e\geq4$, we conjecture all monogenic period equations to be cyclotomic polynomials. Totally real period equations are of interest in applications of quadratic discrete-time dynamical systems.

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Field discriminants of cyclotomic period equations

We show that several orbital equations and orbital clusters of the quadratic (logistic) map coincide surprisingly with cyclotomic {\it period equations}, polynomials whose roots are Gaussian periods. An analytical expression for the field discriminant of period equations is obtained and applied to discover and to fill gaps in number field databases constructed by numerical search processes. Such expression allows easy assess to inessential divisors of conventional discriminants and sheds light into why numerical construction of databases is a hard problem. It also provides significant information about the organization of periodic orbits of the quadratic map.

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Zip and velcro bifurcations in competition models in ecology and economics

During the last six years or so, a number of interesting papers discussed systems with line segments of equilibria, planes of equilibria, and with more general equilibrium configurations. This note draws attention to the fact that such equilibria were considered previously by Miklós Farkas (1932-2007), in papers published in 1984-2005. He called zip bifurcations those involving line segments of equilibria, and velcro bifurcations those involving planes of equilibria. We briefly describe prototypical situations involving zip and velcro bifurcations.

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Polynomial interpolation as detector of orbital equation equivalence

Equivalence between algebraic equations of motion may be detected by using a $p$-adic method, methods using factorization and linear algebra, or by systematic computer search of suitable Tschirnhausen transformations. Here, we show standard {\sl polynomial interpolation} to be a competitive alternative method for detecting orbital equivalences and field isomorphisms. Efficient algorithms for ascertaining equivalences are relevant for significantly minimizing computer searches in theoretical and practical applications.

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Equivalence among orbital equations of polynomial maps

This paper shows that orbital equations generated by iteration of polynomial maps do not have necessarily a unique representation. Remarkably, they may be represented in an infinity of ways, all interconnected by certain nonlinear transformations. Five direct and five inverse transformations are established explicitly between a pair of orbits defined by cyclic quintic polynomials with real roots and minimum discriminant. In addition, infinite sequences of transformations generated recursively are introduced and shown to produce unlimited supplies of equivalent orbital equations. Such transformations are generic, valid for arbitrary dynamics governed by algebraic equations of motion.

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Impulse-induced optimum control of chaos in dissipative driven systems

Taming chaos arising from dissipative non-autonomous nonlinear systems by applying additional harmonic excitations is a reliable and widely used procedure nowadays. But the suppressory effectiveness of generic non-harmonic periodic excitations continues to be a significant challenge both to our theoretical understanding and in practical applications. Here we show how the effectiveness of generic suppressory excitations is optimally enhanced when the impulse transmitted by them (time integral over two consecutive zeros) is judiciously controlled in a not obvious way. This is demonstrated experimentally by means of an analog version of a universal model, and confirmed numerically by simulations of such a damped driven system including the presence of noise. Our theoretical analysis shows that the controlling effect of varying the impulse is due to a correlative variation of the energy transmitted by the suppressory excitation.

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Vandermonde's quintic and multiple decompositions of the number 1318

This note records a curious numerical identity: the number 1318, connected with Vandermonde's cyclotomic quintic, may be decomposed in two distinct ways as a sum of products of pairs of numbers taken from the set \{$6, 16, 26, 41$\}, namely $1318 = 6\cdot41 + 16\cdot26 + 16\cdot41 = 6\cdot16 + 6\cdot26 + 26\cdot41$. Based on the existence of radical solutions of certain families of Abelian and generalized Abelian equations, we conjecture the existence of an infinite number of analogous decompositions, involving arbitrarily large sets of numbers.

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Accumulation horizons and period-adding in optically injected semiconductor lasers

We study the hierarchical structuring of islands of stable periodic oscillations inside chaotic regions in phase diagrams of single-mode semiconductor lasers with optical injection. Phase diagrams display remarkable {\it accumulation horizons}: boundaries formed by the accumulation of infinite cascades of self-similar islands of periodic solutions of ever-increasing period. Each cascade follows a specific period-adding route. The riddling of chaotic laser phases by such networks of periodic solutions may compromise applications operating with chaotic signals such as e.g. secure communications.

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Delayed Choice Between Purely Classical States

It is argued that Wheeler's insightful idea of delayed choice experiments may be explored at a classical level, arising naturally from number-theoretical conjugacies always necessarily present in the equations of motion. For simple and representative systems, we illustrate how to cast the equations of motion in a form encoding all classical states simultaneously through a ``state parameter''. By suitably selecting the parameter one may project the system into any desired classical state.

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Impact of bistability in the synchronization of chaotic maps with delayed coupling

We investigate the impact of bistability in the emergence of synchronization in networks of chaotic maps with delayed coupling. The existence of a single finite attractor of the uncoupled map is found to be responsible for the emergence of synchronization. No synchronization is observed when the local dynamics has two competing chaotic attractors whose orbits are dense on the same interval. This result is robust for regular networks with variable ranges of interaction and for more complex topologies.

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Self-similarities in the frequency-amplitude space of a loss-modulated CO$_2$ laser

We show the standard two-level continuous-time model of loss-modulated CO$_2$ lasers to display the same regular network of self-similar stability islands known so far to be typically present only in discrete-time models based on mappings. For class B laser models our results suggest that, more than just convenient surrogates, discrete mappings in fact could be isomorphic to continuous flows.

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Spontaneous Emergence of Spatio-Temporal Order in Class 4 Automata

We report surprisingly regular behaviors observed for a class 4 cellular automaton, the totalistic rule 20: starting from disordered initial configurations the automaton produces patterns which are periodic not only in time but also in space. This is the first evidence that different types of spatio-temporal order can emerge under specific conditions out of disorder in the same discrete rule based algorithm.

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Coherence in complex networks of oscillators

We study fully synchronized (coherent) states in complex networks of chaotic oscillators, reviewing the analytical approach of determining the stability conditions for synchronizability and comparing them with numerical criteria. As an example, we present detailed results for networks of chaotic logistic maps having three different scale-free topologies: random scale-free topology, deterministic pseudo-fractal scale-free network and Apollonian network. For random scale-free topology we find that the lower boundary of the synchronizability region scales approximately as $k^{-μ}$, where $k$ is the outgoing connectivity and $μ$ depends on the local nonlinearity. For deterministic scale-free networks coherence is observed only when the coupling is heterogeneous, namely when it is proportional to some power of the neighbor connectivity. In all cases, stability conditions are determined from the eigenvalue spectrum of the Laplacian matrix and agree well with numerical results based on histograms of coherent states in parameter space. Additionally, we show that almost everywhere in the synchronizability region the basin of attraction of coherent states fills the entire phase space, and that the transition to coherence is of first-order.

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Coherence in scale-free networks of chaotic maps

We study fully synchronized states in scale-free networks of chaotic logistic maps as a function of both dynamical and topological parameters. Three different network topologies are considered: (i) random scale-free topology, (ii) deterministic pseudo-fractal scale-free network, and (iii) Apollonian network. For the random scale-free topology we find a coupling strength threshold beyond which full synchronization is attained. This threshold scales as $k^{-μ}$, where $k$ is the outgoing connectivity and $μ$ depends on the local nonlinearity. For deterministic scale-free networks coherence is observed only when the coupling strength is proportional to the neighbor connectivity. We show that the transition to coherence is of first-order and study the role of the most connected nodes in the collective dynamics of oscillators in scale-free networks.

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Naimark-Sacker Bifurcations in Linearly Coupled Quadratic Maps

We report exact analytical expressions locating the $0\to1$, $1\to2$ and $2\to4$ bifurcation curves for a prototypical system of two linearly coupled quadratic maps. Of interest is the precise location of the parameter sets where Naimark-Sacker bifurcations occur, starting from a non-diagonal period-2 orbit. This result is the key to understand the onset of synchronization in networks of quadratic maps.

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