Pattern Formation in Random Networks Using Graphons

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Main Authors: Bramburger, Jason, Holzer, Matt
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Published: 2021
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author Bramburger, Jason
Holzer, Matt
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Holzer, Matt
contents We study Turing bifurcations on one-dimensional random ring networks where the probability of a connection between two nodes depends on the distance between the two nodes. Our approach uses the theory of graphons to approximate the graph Laplacian in the limit as the number of nodes tends to infinity by a nonlocal operator -- the graphon Laplacian. For the ring networks considered here, we employ center manifold theory to characterize Turing bifurcations in the continuum limit in a manner similar to the classical partial differential equation case and classify these bifurcations as sub/super/trans-critical. We derive estimates that relate the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the finite graph Laplacian to those of the graphon Laplacian. We are then able to show that, for a sufficiently large realization of the network, with high probability the bifurcations that occur in the finite graph are well approximated by those in the graphon limit. The number of nodes required depends on the spectral gap between the critical eigenvalue and the remaining ones, with the smaller this gap the more nodes that are required to guarantee that the graphon and graph bifurcations are similar. We demonstrate that if this condition is not satisfied then the bifurcations that occur in the finite network can differ significantly from those in the graphon limit.
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spellingShingle Pattern Formation in Random Networks Using Graphons
Bramburger, Jason
Holzer, Matt
Dynamical Systems
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
Pattern Formation and Solitons
We study Turing bifurcations on one-dimensional random ring networks where the probability of a connection between two nodes depends on the distance between the two nodes. Our approach uses the theory of graphons to approximate the graph Laplacian in the limit as the number of nodes tends to infinity by a nonlocal operator -- the graphon Laplacian. For the ring networks considered here, we employ center manifold theory to characterize Turing bifurcations in the continuum limit in a manner similar to the classical partial differential equation case and classify these bifurcations as sub/super/trans-critical. We derive estimates that relate the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the finite graph Laplacian to those of the graphon Laplacian. We are then able to show that, for a sufficiently large realization of the network, with high probability the bifurcations that occur in the finite graph are well approximated by those in the graphon limit. The number of nodes required depends on the spectral gap between the critical eigenvalue and the remaining ones, with the smaller this gap the more nodes that are required to guarantee that the graphon and graph bifurcations are similar. We demonstrate that if this condition is not satisfied then the bifurcations that occur in the finite network can differ significantly from those in the graphon limit.
title Pattern Formation in Random Networks Using Graphons
topic Dynamical Systems
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
Pattern Formation and Solitons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14018