A random dynamical systems perspective on isochronicity for stochastic oscillations (Q2050072)

The authors study the problem of defining isochrons for stochastic oscillations. They propose a new approach for finding stochastic isochrons as sections of equal expected return times versus the idea of considering eigenfunctions of the backward Kolmogorov operator. The authors introduce a new rigorous definition of stochastic isochrons as random stable manifolds for random periodic solutions with noise-dependent period. This allows them to establish a random version of isochron maps whose level sets coincide with the random stable manifolds. Finally, the relations between the random dynamical systems interpretation and the equal expected return time approach via averaged quantities are discussed.