Non-reciprocal interactions enhance heterogeneity

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Auteurs principaux: Carletti, Timoteo, Muolo, Riccardo
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author Carletti, Timoteo
Muolo, Riccardo
author_facet Carletti, Timoteo
Muolo, Riccardo
contents We study a process of pattern formation for a generic model of species anchored to the nodes of a network where local reactions take place, and that experience non-reciprocal long-range interactions, encoded by the network directed links. By assuming the system to exhibit a stable homogeneous equilibrium whenever only local interactions are considered, we prove that such equilibrium can turn unstable once suitable non-reciprocal long-range interactions are allowed for. Stated differently we propose sufficient conditions allowing for patterns to emerge using a non-symmetric coupling, while initial perturbations about the homogenous equilibrium fade away assuming reciprocal coupling. The instability, precursor of the emerging spatio-temporal patterns, can be traced back, via a linear stability analysis, to the complex spectrum of an interaction non-symmetric Laplace operator. Taken together, our results pave the way for the understanding of the many and heterogeneous patterns of complexity found in ecological, chemical or physical systems composed by interacting parts, once no diffusion takes place.
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Carletti, Timoteo
Muolo, Riccardo
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Mathematical Physics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
We study a process of pattern formation for a generic model of species anchored to the nodes of a network where local reactions take place, and that experience non-reciprocal long-range interactions, encoded by the network directed links. By assuming the system to exhibit a stable homogeneous equilibrium whenever only local interactions are considered, we prove that such equilibrium can turn unstable once suitable non-reciprocal long-range interactions are allowed for. Stated differently we propose sufficient conditions allowing for patterns to emerge using a non-symmetric coupling, while initial perturbations about the homogenous equilibrium fade away assuming reciprocal coupling. The instability, precursor of the emerging spatio-temporal patterns, can be traced back, via a linear stability analysis, to the complex spectrum of an interaction non-symmetric Laplace operator. Taken together, our results pave the way for the understanding of the many and heterogeneous patterns of complexity found in ecological, chemical or physical systems composed by interacting parts, once no diffusion takes place.
title Non-reciprocal interactions enhance heterogeneity
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
Mathematical Physics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.07121