Compact Dynamical Mean-Field Theory of Oscillator Networks

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author Reddy, Kanishka
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contents We present a compact dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) for large networks of coupled phase oscillators whose phases live on the circle $S^1$ and interact with both coherent mean-field coupling and quenched randomness. Starting from wrapped Langevin dynamics, we build a path-integral representation that keeps the $2π$-periodicity of the phases explicit. After averaging over the disorder in the thermodynamic limit, this construction reduces to a single-oscillator stochastic equation driven by a deterministic mean field and a self-consistent colored Gaussian noise, whose covariance is fixed by a circular two-time correlator. In the limit of vanishing disorder, the formalism reproduces the Ott--Antonsen reduction and recovers standard Kuramoto and theta-neuron neural-mass equations. The same framework accommodates arbitrary $2π$-periodic coupling functions, including those obtained from infinitesimal phase response curves (iPRCs) of biophysical neuron models. As an example, we show that for adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neurons, inserting an iPRC-fitted coupling into the compact DMFT yields quantitative predictions for synchronization thresholds, providing a direct route from single-neuron phase response data to network-level mean-field predictions for arbitrary phase-reducible oscillators.
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spellingShingle Compact Dynamical Mean-Field Theory of Oscillator Networks
Reddy, Kanishka
Neurons and Cognition
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Chaotic Dynamics
We present a compact dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) for large networks of coupled phase oscillators whose phases live on the circle $S^1$ and interact with both coherent mean-field coupling and quenched randomness. Starting from wrapped Langevin dynamics, we build a path-integral representation that keeps the $2π$-periodicity of the phases explicit. After averaging over the disorder in the thermodynamic limit, this construction reduces to a single-oscillator stochastic equation driven by a deterministic mean field and a self-consistent colored Gaussian noise, whose covariance is fixed by a circular two-time correlator. In the limit of vanishing disorder, the formalism reproduces the Ott--Antonsen reduction and recovers standard Kuramoto and theta-neuron neural-mass equations. The same framework accommodates arbitrary $2π$-periodic coupling functions, including those obtained from infinitesimal phase response curves (iPRCs) of biophysical neuron models. As an example, we show that for adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neurons, inserting an iPRC-fitted coupling into the compact DMFT yields quantitative predictions for synchronization thresholds, providing a direct route from single-neuron phase response data to network-level mean-field predictions for arbitrary phase-reducible oscillators.
title Compact Dynamical Mean-Field Theory of Oscillator Networks
topic Neurons and Cognition
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Chaotic Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09402