Diffusion-driven instability of topological signals coupled by the Dirac operator

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Main Authors: Giambagli, Lorenzo, Calmon, Lucille, Muolo, Riccardo, Carletti, Timoteo, Bianconi, Ginestra
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author Giambagli, Lorenzo
Calmon, Lucille
Muolo, Riccardo
Carletti, Timoteo
Bianconi, Ginestra
author_facet Giambagli, Lorenzo
Calmon, Lucille
Muolo, Riccardo
Carletti, Timoteo
Bianconi, Ginestra
contents The study of reaction-diffusion systems on networks is of paramount relevance for the understanding of nonlinear processes in systems where the topology is intrinsically discrete, such as the brain. Until now reaction-diffusion systems have been studied only when species are defined on the nodes of a network. However, in a number of real systems including, e.g., the brain and the climate, dynamical variables are not only defined on nodes but also on links, faces and higher-dimensional cells of simplicial or cell complexes, leading to topological signals. In this work we study reaction-diffusion processes of topological signals coupled through the Dirac operator. The Dirac operator allows topological signals of different dimension to interact or cross-diffuse as it projects the topological signals defined on simplices or cells of a given dimension to simplices or cells of one dimension up or one dimension down. By focusing on the framework involving nodes and links we establish the conditions for the emergence of Turing patterns and we show that the latter are never localized only on nodes or only on links of the network. Moreover when the topological signals display Turing pattern their projection does as well. We validate the theory hereby developed on a benchmark network model and on square lattices with periodic boundary conditions.
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spellingShingle Diffusion-driven instability of topological signals coupled by the Dirac operator
Giambagli, Lorenzo
Calmon, Lucille
Muolo, Riccardo
Carletti, Timoteo
Bianconi, Ginestra
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
The study of reaction-diffusion systems on networks is of paramount relevance for the understanding of nonlinear processes in systems where the topology is intrinsically discrete, such as the brain. Until now reaction-diffusion systems have been studied only when species are defined on the nodes of a network. However, in a number of real systems including, e.g., the brain and the climate, dynamical variables are not only defined on nodes but also on links, faces and higher-dimensional cells of simplicial or cell complexes, leading to topological signals. In this work we study reaction-diffusion processes of topological signals coupled through the Dirac operator. The Dirac operator allows topological signals of different dimension to interact or cross-diffuse as it projects the topological signals defined on simplices or cells of a given dimension to simplices or cells of one dimension up or one dimension down. By focusing on the framework involving nodes and links we establish the conditions for the emergence of Turing patterns and we show that the latter are never localized only on nodes or only on links of the network. Moreover when the topological signals display Turing pattern their projection does as well. We validate the theory hereby developed on a benchmark network model and on square lattices with periodic boundary conditions.
title Diffusion-driven instability of topological signals coupled by the Dirac operator
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.07787