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View SchemaMultistability in networks of weakly coupled bistable units
| Authors | R S MacKay, J A Sepulchre |
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| ArXiv ID | patt-sol/9501003 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9501003 |
Abstract
We study the stationary states of networks consisting of weakly coupled bistable units. We prove the existence of a high multiplicity of stable steady states in networks with very general inter-unit dynamics. We present a method for estimating the critical coupling strength below which these stationary states persist in the network. In some cases, the presence of time-independent localized states in the system can be regarded as a `propagation failure' phenomenon. We analyse this type of behaviour in the case of diffusive networks whose elements are described by one or two variables and give concrete examples.
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