Discontinuous transition to chaos in a canonical random neural network

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Main Author: Pazó, Diego
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contents We study a paradigmatic random recurrent neural network introduced by Sompolinsky, Crisanti, and Sommers (SCS). In the infinite size limit, this system exhibits a direct transition from a homogeneous rest state to chaotic behavior, with the Lyapunov exponent gradually increasing from zero. We generalize the SCS model considering odd saturating nonlinear transfer functions, beyond the usual choice $ϕ(x)=\tanh x$. A discontinuous transition to chaos occurs whenever the slope of $ϕ$ at 0 is a local minimum (i.e., for $ϕ'''(0)>0$). Chaos appears out of the blue, by an attractor-repeller fold. Accordingly, the Lyapunov exponent stays away from zero at the birth of chaos.
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spellingShingle Discontinuous transition to chaos in a canonical random neural network
Pazó, Diego
Chaotic Dynamics
Neurons and Cognition
We study a paradigmatic random recurrent neural network introduced by Sompolinsky, Crisanti, and Sommers (SCS). In the infinite size limit, this system exhibits a direct transition from a homogeneous rest state to chaotic behavior, with the Lyapunov exponent gradually increasing from zero. We generalize the SCS model considering odd saturating nonlinear transfer functions, beyond the usual choice $ϕ(x)=\tanh x$. A discontinuous transition to chaos occurs whenever the slope of $ϕ$ at 0 is a local minimum (i.e., for $ϕ'''(0)>0$). Chaos appears out of the blue, by an attractor-repeller fold. Accordingly, the Lyapunov exponent stays away from zero at the birth of chaos.
title Discontinuous transition to chaos in a canonical random neural network
topic Chaotic Dynamics
Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14607