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| author | Aguirre, Natham |
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| contents | This work is concerned with the study of $w(mT)$ as $m$ goes to infinity, where $w(t)$ evolves according to $w(t)-w(t-1)=F(t)-A(t)w(t-1)$, and where $T$ is the period of the vector $F(t)$ and the matrix $A(t)$. Motivated by applications to associative learning, particularly to discrimination training, extra conditions are imposed on $F(t)$ and $A(t)$, one of them relating $A(t)$ to a symmetric non-negative definite matrix $K$ relevant to mathematical models of associative learning. Structural relationships between the matrices imply an identity satisfied by the Floquet multipliers driving the dynamics of $w(mT)$ from which follows that the unstable subspace is $\ker K$. Then, the limit of $w(mT)$ is explicitly identified when $K$ is invertible, while the limit of $Kw(mT)$ is established otherwise. Given that divergence of $w(mT)$ can happen when $K$ is singular, while $Kw(mT)$ is the psychologically relevant quantity, the result can be considered optimal. |
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| spellingShingle | Asymptotic values of solutions to a periodic linear difference equation modeling discrimination training Aguirre, Natham Dynamical Systems This work is concerned with the study of $w(mT)$ as $m$ goes to infinity, where $w(t)$ evolves according to $w(t)-w(t-1)=F(t)-A(t)w(t-1)$, and where $T$ is the period of the vector $F(t)$ and the matrix $A(t)$. Motivated by applications to associative learning, particularly to discrimination training, extra conditions are imposed on $F(t)$ and $A(t)$, one of them relating $A(t)$ to a symmetric non-negative definite matrix $K$ relevant to mathematical models of associative learning. Structural relationships between the matrices imply an identity satisfied by the Floquet multipliers driving the dynamics of $w(mT)$ from which follows that the unstable subspace is $\ker K$. Then, the limit of $w(mT)$ is explicitly identified when $K$ is invertible, while the limit of $Kw(mT)$ is established otherwise. Given that divergence of $w(mT)$ can happen when $K$ is singular, while $Kw(mT)$ is the psychologically relevant quantity, the result can be considered optimal. |
| title | Asymptotic values of solutions to a periodic linear difference equation modeling discrimination training |
| topic | Dynamical Systems |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07113 |