Characterization of blowups via time change in a mean-field neural network
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Publication:6399174
arXiv2205.07155MaRDI QIDQ6399174FDOQ6399174
Authors: Thibaud Taillefumier, Phillip Whitman 
Publication date: 14 May 2022
Abstract: Idealized networks of integrate-and-fire neurons with impulse-like interactions obey McKean-Vlasov diffusion equations in the mean-field limit. These equations are prone to blowups: for a strong enough interaction coupling, the mean-field rate of interaction diverges in finite time with a finite fraction of neurons spiking simultaneously, thereby marking a macroscopic synchronous event. Characterizing these blowup singularities analytically is the key to understanding the emergence and persistence of spiking synchrony in mean-field neural models. However, such a resolution is hindered by the first-passage nature of the mean-field interaction in classically considered dynamics. Here, we introduce a delayed Poissonian variation of the classical integrate-and-fire dynamics for which blowups are analytically well defined in the mean-field limit. Albeit fundamentally nonlinear, we show that this delayed Poissonian dynamics can be transformed into a noninteracting linear dynamics via a deterministic time change. We specify this time change as the solution of a nonlinear, delayed integral equation via renewal analysis of first-passage problems. This formulation also reveals that the fraction of simultaneously spiking neurons can be determined via a self-consistent, probability-conservation principle about the time-changed linear dynamics. We utilize the proposed framework in a companion paper to show analytically the existence of singular mean-field dynamics with sustained synchrony for large enough interaction coupling.
Markov renewal processes, semi-Markov processes (60K15) Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Singular parabolic equations (35K67) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92) Stochastic processes (60G99) Integral equations with miscellaneous special kernels (45H99)
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