Universality and scaling in networks of period-doubling maps with a pacemaker

The networks of globally coupled maps with a pacemaker have been introduced. We consider a generalization of the Kaneko model with a pacemaker represented by a single period-doubling element coupled unidirectionally with a set of other mutually coupled cells. We also investigate the dynamics of a sy...

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Main Authors: Anna S. Ivanova, Sergey P. Kuznetsov, Andrew H. Osbaldestin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DDNS/2006/74723
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Summary:The networks of globally coupled maps with a pacemaker have been introduced. We consider a generalization of the Kaneko model with a pacemaker represented by a single period-doubling element coupled unidirectionally with a set of other mutually coupled cells. We also investigate the dynamics of a system of two unidirectionally coupled elements, which manifests a special type of critical behaviour, known as bicriticality, at the point of simultaneous transition to chaos in both subsystems. With the help of the renormalization group (RG), we show for a case of two mutually coupled bicritical maps with a pacemaker that there are two types of coupling: dissipative and inertial. We investigate the dynamics of a network with a pacemaker with two types of global coupling and the properties of universality and scaling in this system.
ISSN:1026-0226
1607-887X