Multistability in networks of weakly coupled bistable units

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DOI10.1016/0167-2789(94)00243-JzbMATH Open0891.34060arXivpatt-sol/9501003OpenAlexW2011134156MaRDI QIDQ1346751FDOQ1346751

Jacques-Alexandre Sepulchre, Robert S. MacKay

Publication date: 6 April 1995

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9501003




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