Dmitry Postnov

Erik Mosekilde

Yuri Maistrenko

Interacting chaotic oscillators are of interest in many areas of physics, biology, and engineering. In the biological sciences, for instance, one of the challenging problems is to understand how a group of cells or functional units, each displaying complicated nonlinear dynamic phenomena, can interact with one another to produce a coherent response on a higher organizational level. This book is a guide to the fascinating new concept of chaotic synchronization. The topics covered range from transverse stability and riddled basins of attraction in a system of two coupled logistic maps over partial synchronization and clustering in systems of many chaotic oscillators, to noise-induced synchronization of coherence resonance oscillators. Other topics treated in the book are on–off intermittency and the role of the absorbing and mixed absorbing areas, periodic orbit threshold theory, the influence of a small parameter mismatch, and different mechanisms for chaotic phase synchronization. The biological examples include synchronization of the bursting behavior of coupled insulin-producing beta cells, chaotic phase synchronization in the pressure and flow regulation of neighboring functional units of the kidney, and homoclinic transitions to phase synchronization in microbiological reactors. Contents: Coupled Nonlinear OscillatorsTransverse Stability of Coupled MapsUnfolding the Riddling BifurcationTime-Continuous SystemsCoupled Pancreatic CellsChaotic Phase SynchronizationPopulation Dynamic SystemsClustering of Globally MapsInteracting NephronsCoherence Resonance Oscillators Readership: Students and researchers interested in applying new concepts of chaotic synchronization and clustering to biological systems. Keywords:Reviews:“The book may be interesting for students and scientists who deal with coupled oscillatory systems and biological applications.”Mathematics Abstracts

Applications to Living Systems

Chaotic Synchronization

Alexander Balanov

Natalia Janson

Olga Sosnovtseva

This fascinating work is devoted to the fundamental phenomenon in physics – synchronization that occurs in coupled non-linear dissipative oscillators. Examples of such systems range from mechanical clocks to population dynamics, from the human heart to neural networks. The main purpose of this book is to demonstrate that the complexity of synchronous patterns of real oscillating systems can be described in the framework of the general approach, and the authors study this phenomenon as applied to oscillations of different types, such as those with periodic, chaotic, noisy and noise-induced nature.

From Simple to Complex

Synchronization

Dmitry Postnov

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