Network architecture and spatio-temporally symmetric dynamics (Q858506)

The main question, which is addressed in this paper, is how network architecture can determine spatiotemporally structured periodic dynamics of the network. The considered setup is quite general: Let \(x=(x_1,\dotsm,x_K)\in \mathbb{R}^{mK}\) be the phase variables of the network, where \(x_j\in \mathbb{R}^m\) are the variables of \(j\)-th subsystem. The dynamical system of the network is described by the higher-order ordinary differential equation system \(x'=F(x)\). As a rule, the network architecture implies some symmetry properties, e.g. equivariance of \(F\) with respect to some group of permutations \(G\). Using the theory of equivariant differential equations and coupled oscillators theory, the authors show that a robust fully oscillatory dynamics, in which no cell is stationary, can appear only in the networks, where all cells interact with each other or which contain a single group of interacting cells which drive the reminder of the network. Another highlight of the paper is the algorithm for the construction of systems which possess stable spatio-temporally symmetric periodic solutions.