Theory of phase reduction from hypergraphs to simplicial complexes: a general route to higher-order Kuramoto models

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Main Authors: León, Iván, Muolo, Riccardo, Hata, Shigefumi, Nakao, Hiroya
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Published: 2025
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author León, Iván
Muolo, Riccardo
Hata, Shigefumi
Nakao, Hiroya
author_facet León, Iván
Muolo, Riccardo
Hata, Shigefumi
Nakao, Hiroya
contents Phase reduction is a powerful technique in the study of nonlinear oscillatory systems. Under certain assumptions, it allows us to describe each multidimensional oscillator by a single phase variable, giving rise to simple phase models such as the Kuramoto model. Classically, the method has been applied in the case where the interactions are only pairwise (two-body). However, increasing evidence shows that interactions in real-world systems are not pairwise but higher-order, i.e., many-body. Although synchronization in higher-order systems has received much attention, analytical results are scarce because of the highly nonlinear nature of the framework. In this paper, we fill the gap by presenting a general theory of phase reduction for the case of higher-order interactions. We show that the higher-order topology is preserved in the phase reduced model at the first order and that only odd couplings have an effect on the dynamics when certain symmetries are present. Additionally, we show the power and ductility of the phase reduction approach by applying it to a population of Stuart-Landau oscillators with an all-to-all configuration and with a ring-like hypergraph topology; in both cases, only the analysis of the phase model can provide insights and analytical results.
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spellingShingle Theory of phase reduction from hypergraphs to simplicial complexes: a general route to higher-order Kuramoto models
León, Iván
Muolo, Riccardo
Hata, Shigefumi
Nakao, Hiroya
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Phase reduction is a powerful technique in the study of nonlinear oscillatory systems. Under certain assumptions, it allows us to describe each multidimensional oscillator by a single phase variable, giving rise to simple phase models such as the Kuramoto model. Classically, the method has been applied in the case where the interactions are only pairwise (two-body). However, increasing evidence shows that interactions in real-world systems are not pairwise but higher-order, i.e., many-body. Although synchronization in higher-order systems has received much attention, analytical results are scarce because of the highly nonlinear nature of the framework. In this paper, we fill the gap by presenting a general theory of phase reduction for the case of higher-order interactions. We show that the higher-order topology is preserved in the phase reduced model at the first order and that only odd couplings have an effect on the dynamics when certain symmetries are present. Additionally, we show the power and ductility of the phase reduction approach by applying it to a population of Stuart-Landau oscillators with an all-to-all configuration and with a ring-like hypergraph topology; in both cases, only the analysis of the phase model can provide insights and analytical results.
title Theory of phase reduction from hypergraphs to simplicial complexes: a general route to higher-order Kuramoto models
topic Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21587