Stability of discrete-time coupled oscillators via quotient dynamics (Q2050494)

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a discrete-time version of the Kuramoto model for coupled oscillators. Phase-locked states of \(N\) coupled oscillators correspond to invariant circles on \(\mathbb{T}^{N}\), and can be viewed as fixed points of a quotient dynamical system. The authors discuss how to define and classify the stability of these phase-locked states via the corresponding equilibria in the quotient system, and they give some examples for which the quotient mapping helps identifying the phase-locked families and their stability. The Kuramoto model \[ \dot{\Theta}_{i}= \omega_{i} - \sum_{j=1}^{N}\Gamma_{i j}(\Theta_{i} - \Theta_{j}) \qquad \left(i = 1,\dots , N\right) \] is perhaps the most historically significant coupled oscillator model. The authors consider the following discrete-time version of it: \[ \Theta_{i}(t + 1) = \Theta_{i}(t) + \omega_{i} - p\left( \frac{K}{N}\sum_{j=1}^{n}g\left(\Theta_{i}(t)-\Theta_{j}(t)\right) \right) \qquad \left( i = 1,\dots , N\right). \] The main goal is to study synchronization, phase-locking, and stability of its solutions. They also discuss how the discrete system can be reduced to a quotient dynamical system. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1467.39001].