Astrocytes: Arnol'd Tongues Generalization in Dynamical Systems' Parameter Plane

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Main Authors: Ramírez-Ávila, Gonzalo Marcelo, Kingston, S. Leo, Balcerzak, Marek, Daquin, Jérôme, Carletti, Timoteo, Kapitaniak, Tomasz
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author Ramírez-Ávila, Gonzalo Marcelo
Kingston, S. Leo
Balcerzak, Marek
Daquin, Jérôme
Carletti, Timoteo
Kapitaniak, Tomasz
author_facet Ramírez-Ávila, Gonzalo Marcelo
Kingston, S. Leo
Balcerzak, Marek
Daquin, Jérôme
Carletti, Timoteo
Kapitaniak, Tomasz
contents We discovered generalized structures, named astrocytes due to their shape, that constitute a defined region characterizing regular behavior within the parameter plane (PP) of dynamical systems (DSs). Morphologically, they are characterized by a branch and a soma with several vertices (arms) and sometimes with multiple periodicities. A bunch of infinite astrocytes emerge through their branches from a region, in general, of low periodicity. Astrocytes are embedded in a quasiperiodic-chaotic scenario. The soma complexity (number of vertices) determines a kind of hierarchy of the astrocytes; moreover, bunches of subsequent structures from the astrocyte have been emphasized, revealing a self-similarity property. We conducted a detailed analysis in a Zeeman laser model, but we also observed astrocytes in many other DSs. The multiperiodicity exhibited by the astrocytes in their soma gives rise to harlequin dress-like patterns and tri-, quad-, and quint-critical points, which indicate the coexistence of different higher-order periodicities. In the concave borders of the soma, a doubling cascade of quint-points emerges as a bifurcation in the PP, defining regions of ordered sequences of higher periodicity in the route to chaos.
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spellingShingle Astrocytes: Arnol'd Tongues Generalization in Dynamical Systems' Parameter Plane
Ramírez-Ávila, Gonzalo Marcelo
Kingston, S. Leo
Balcerzak, Marek
Daquin, Jérôme
Carletti, Timoteo
Kapitaniak, Tomasz
Chaotic Dynamics
37G15, 37L30, 37M10, 37M20,
G.1.7
We discovered generalized structures, named astrocytes due to their shape, that constitute a defined region characterizing regular behavior within the parameter plane (PP) of dynamical systems (DSs). Morphologically, they are characterized by a branch and a soma with several vertices (arms) and sometimes with multiple periodicities. A bunch of infinite astrocytes emerge through their branches from a region, in general, of low periodicity. Astrocytes are embedded in a quasiperiodic-chaotic scenario. The soma complexity (number of vertices) determines a kind of hierarchy of the astrocytes; moreover, bunches of subsequent structures from the astrocyte have been emphasized, revealing a self-similarity property. We conducted a detailed analysis in a Zeeman laser model, but we also observed astrocytes in many other DSs. The multiperiodicity exhibited by the astrocytes in their soma gives rise to harlequin dress-like patterns and tri-, quad-, and quint-critical points, which indicate the coexistence of different higher-order periodicities. In the concave borders of the soma, a doubling cascade of quint-points emerges as a bifurcation in the PP, defining regions of ordered sequences of higher periodicity in the route to chaos.
title Astrocytes: Arnol'd Tongues Generalization in Dynamical Systems' Parameter Plane
topic Chaotic Dynamics
37G15, 37L30, 37M10, 37M20,
G.1.7
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27094