scholarly journals Travelling Waves in a Chain¶of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators

2000 ◽  
Vol 211 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gérard Iooss ◽  
Klaus Kirchgässner
1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 862-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Williams ◽  
K. A. Sigvardt ◽  
N. Kopell ◽  
G. B. Ermentrout ◽  
M. P. Remler

1. This paper reports the results of an investigation of the basic mechanisms underlying intersegmental coordination in lamprey locomotion, by the use of a combined mathematical and biological approach. 2. Mathematically, the lamprey central pattern generator (CPG) is described as a chain of coupled nonlinear oscillators; experimentally, entrainment of fictive locomotion by imposed movement has been investigated. Interpretation of the results in the context of the theory has allowed conclusions to be drawn about the nature of ascending and descending coupling in the lamprey spinal CPG. 3. Theory predicts and data show that 1) the greater the number of oscillators in the chain, the smaller is the entrainment frequency range and 2) it is possible to entrain both above and below the rest frequency at one end but only above or below at the other end. 4. In the context of the experimental results, the theory indicates the following: 1) ascending coupling sets the intersegmental phase lags, whereas descending coupling changes the frequency of the coupled oscillators; 2) there are differences in the ascending and descending coupling other than strength; and it also suggests that 3) coupling slows down the oscillators.


2016 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Duanmu ◽  
N. Whitaker ◽  
P.G. Kevrekidis ◽  
A. Vainchtein ◽  
J.E. Rubin

1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 578-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kirner ◽  
Otto E. Rössler

Abstract A numerical simulation of a chain of diffusively coupled nonlinear oscillators with a linear parameter gradient exhibits clusters of frequencies. The intention was to investigate the frequency-gradient in the stimulus conduction system of the heart. The phenomenon generalizes earlier findings on “frequency plateaus” described in the 1960's by Nicholas Diamant as a model of small-intestine transport. This “waxing and waining” phenomenon is a version of chaos. Thus, subtle chaos in the heart and waxing and waining type chaos in the intestine may be related.


2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (23) ◽  
pp. 5312-5315 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Herrero ◽  
M. Figueras ◽  
J. Rius ◽  
F. Pi ◽  
G. Orriols

1978 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Trullinger ◽  
M. D. Miller ◽  
R. A. Guyer ◽  
A. R. Bishop ◽  
F. Palmer ◽  
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