Pattern invariance for reaction-diffusion systems on complex networks

Abstract

Given a reaction-diffusion system interacting via a complex network, we propose two different techniques to modify the network topology while preserving its dynamical behaviour. In the region of parameters where the homogeneous solution gets spontaneously destabilized, perturbations grow along the unstable directions made available across the networks of connections, yielding irregular spatio-temporal patterns. We exploit the spectral properties of the Laplacian operator associated to the graph in order to modify its topology, while preserving the unstable manifold of the underlying equilibrium. The new network is isodynamic to the former, meaning that it reproduces the dynamical response (pattern) to a perturbation, as displayed by the original system. The first method acts directly on the eigenmodes, thus resulting in a general redistribution of link weights which, in some cases, can completely change the structure of the original network. The second method uses localization properties of the eigenvectors to identify and randomize a subnetwork that is mostly embedded only into the stable manifold. We test both techniques on different network topologies using the Ginzburg-Landau system as a reference model. Whereas the correlation between patterns on isodynamic networks generated via the first recipe is larger, the second method allows for a finer control at the level of single nodes. This work opens up a new perspective on the multiple possibilities for identifying the family of discrete supports that instigate equivalent dynamical responses on a multispecies reaction-diffusion system.

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