Emergence of collective behavior in dynamical networks (Q1943300)

This work concerns multicomponent systems with an interaction limit and with collective and individual behavior in the components. One problem treated is the existence of Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB) measures. The systems are mathematically modelled as follows: let \(X\) be a compact subset of \(\mathbb{R}^d\) and let \(T : X \rightarrow X\), let us consider the direct products of the space \(X\) and the dynamics \(T\), \[ \overline{X} = \otimes^N_{i=1} X,\quad \overline {T} = \otimes^N_{i=1} T. \] This system is called a coupled map lattice. Let \(Q_{\varepsilon} :\overline X \rightarrow \overline X\) be the interaction maps, where the parameter \(\epsilon\) measures how the maps differ from the identity. The author considers interactions whose \(i\)-coordinate is of the form: \[ (Q_{\varepsilon}\overline x)_i = (1-\gamma) x_i + \frac{\gamma}{\text{Card}j_i} \sum_{J \varepsilon j_I} x_j , \] where \(\overline x = (x_1, x_2, \dots x_d ) \in \overline X\), \(J_i = \{j : d (x_i, x_j )\leq \varepsilon\}\) and \(\gamma \in [0, 1]\) is an interaction parameter. When \(0 < \gamma < 1\) the interaction is soft, and the case \(\gamma = 1\) corresponds to a jumping to the gravity center; in this case the interaction is called ``rigid''. The main result (Theorem 1.1) is the following: let \((X,T)\) be a dynamical system with a SRB-measure \(\mu_T\) and let \(\overline T_\varepsilon =\overline T \circ Q_\varepsilon\) . There are constants \(\gamma_T > 0\), \(\varepsilon_T > 0\) such that for any \(\varepsilon \in [0,\varepsilon_T )\) and any \(\gamma \in[\gamma_T, 1]\), the coupled map lattice \((\overline X,\overline T_\varepsilon)\) has a SRB-measure \(\overline{\mu_T}\) whose projections to each coordinate coincide with \(\mu_T\). The maps \(\overline T\) induce transfer operators on the space of measures on \(\overline X\). By means of these operators it is shown how the measures \(\overline{\mu_T}\) can be approximated.