{"title":"Exponential stability for a forecast-assimilation process with unstable dynamics.","authors":"Dan Crisan, Michael Ghil, Rohan Nuckchady","doi":"10.1063/5.0241166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0241166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data assimilation, a vital process in areas such as numerical weather prediction, integrates observational data into computational models to provide accurate forecasts. In this study, we conceptualize the forecast-assimilation (FA) process as a dynamic-stochastic system driven by time-dependent observational data. The core objective is to investigate the stability of this process with respect to variations in its initial conditions, particularly when the underlying system dynamics, referred to here as the signal, exhibit instability. We provide a rigorous analysis for both linear and nonlinear dynamics to determine conditions under which the FA process remains stable. In the nonlinear case, we identify an exponential semi-group whose stability is used to prove a uniform in time bound on the expected Wasserstein distance between the true FA process and one that is incorrectly initialized. For linear dynamics, we prove that the FA process converges both weakly and in the Wasserstein topology to a \"nominal\" one. For this, we use a representation of the FA process by means of the classical Kallianpur-Striebel formula. We show that the Wasserstein distance between the FA process correctly initialized and one which is incorrectly initialized converges to 0 exponentially fast provided the wrong initial condition is absolutely continuous with respect to the correct initial condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring localization in nonlinear oscillator systems through network-based predictions.","authors":"Charlotte Geier, Norbert Hoffmann","doi":"10.1063/5.0265366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0265366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Localized vibrations, arising from nonlinearities or symmetry breaking, pose a challenge in engineering, as the resulting high-amplitude vibrations may result in component failure due to fatigue. During operation, the emergence of localization is difficult to predict, partly because of changing parameters over the life cycle of a system. This work proposes a novel, network-based approach to detect an imminent localized vibration. Synthetic measurement data are used to generate a functional network, which captures the dynamic interplay of the machine parts, complementary to their geometric coupling. Analysis of these functional networks reveals an impending localized vibration and its location. The method is demonstrated using a model system for a bladed disk, a ring composed of coupled nonlinear Duffing oscillators. Results indicate that the proposed method is robust against small parameter uncertainties, added measurement noise, and the length of the measurement data samples. The source code for this work is available at C. Geier [(2024). \"Code for paper Exploring localization in nonlinear oscillator systems through network-based predictions,\" Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12611988].</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of commuter rioters and income distribution on the 2019 Chilean unrest.","authors":"Carlos Cartes","doi":"10.1063/5.0256672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0256672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>At the end of the year 2019, Chile and, most specifically, Santiago, its capital, went through a large number of episodes of public violence, lasting several months. The geographical distribution of the intensity of those episodes has been studied in several previous works. There it was found that the geographic disposition of the public transport network largely explained which places from Santiago suffered most of the activity. A more recent work found that daily commuting travel, together with an epidemiological model, reproduced the main features of Santiago's rioting distribution. The travelers who participated in the public disorder were called commuter rioters. The present work uses that previous epidemiological model, incorporating the influence of the commuter's income on it. It was found that income redistribution, a by-product of daily travel, changes the disorder's spatial density, showing a better agreement with the observations than otherwise and improving this formulation as a tool for describing and predicting different riot outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143979143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of combined effects of vectors, protective measures, and vaccination under threshold policy control on the SISV model.","authors":"Xiong Zhang, Zhongyi Xiang","doi":"10.1063/5.0256966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0256966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper introduces a novel class of Filippov susceptible-infected-susceptible-vaccinated model that considers the combined effects of media coverage, protective measures, and vaccination. Unlike traditional models that focus on a single control measure, this study reveals more intricate dynamic behaviors arising from the synergistic impact of these three strategies. We use the scale of infected individuals and their rate of change as criteria for implementing control measures, conducting a comprehensive evaluation. By utilizing the characteristics of the Lambert W function, we effectively convert these criteria into a threshold value linked to the susceptible population, thereby facilitating the analysis of the dynamic behaviors of the two subsystems. Utilizing the theoretical framework of Filippov systems, we derive the conditions for the existence of sliding segments, sliding dynamics, various types of equilibria, and the occurrence of sliding bifurcations. Through qualitative analysis, and based on the critical thresholds R0i(i=1,2), we elucidate the complex dynamics of the proposed model, including scenarios of monostable, bistable, or even tristable coexistence. Numerical simulations further explore the effects of key parameters related to the treatment strategies, demonstrating that media coverage, protective measures, and vaccination play pivotal roles in controlling the spread of the disease. Our findings indicate that by selecting appropriate threshold values, it is possible to effectively limit the peak number of infected individuals and the overall scale of the outbreak to a desired level. This provides a robust control strategy for managing emergent infectious diseases that cannot be immediately eradicated.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal system of Lie subalgebras and exact solutions of a nonlinear elastic rod equation.","authors":"Supriya Mondal, Arindam Ghosh, Sarit Maitra","doi":"10.1063/5.0254075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0254075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this article is to find new traveling wave solutions of a celebrated nonlinear elastic rod (NER) equation with lateral inertia, describing the propagation of longitudinal waves through a nonlinear elastic rod by applying both the Lie point symmetry analysis and the first integral method. In order to determine the similarity reductions and invariant solutions, the Lie point symmetry analysis is applied to the NER equation and to this purpose, the invariants of the Lie algebra as well as a one-dimensional optimal system of subalgebras are constructed. Based on the members of the optimal system, similarity reductions and corresponding invariant solutions of the NER equation are derived. In addition, kink-shaped, anti-kink-shaped solitons, and a parabolic structure solution are obtained by solving the similarity reductions. Furthermore, we have found two new traveling wave solutions of the NER equation by applying the well-known first integral method. Using numerical results, the parametric dependence of the obtained solutions is also presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Density evolution in stochastic dynamical systems with memory: A universal algorithm.","authors":"Xianming Liu, Thomas Sun","doi":"10.1063/5.0258144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0258144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stochastic dynamical systems with memory are usually modeled using stochastic functional differential equations. Quantifying the probability density evolution in these systems remains an open problem with strong practical applications. However, due to a lack of efficient methods for computing the probability density of stochastic functional differential equations in their general form, the application of these systems are severely restricted. We address this challenge by presenting a universal approach for computing the evolution of probability density in a broad class of stochastic dynamical systems with memory. The proposed approach approximates the stochastic functional equation via a discrete model derived from the Euler scheme and recursively estimates its probability density by computing that of the discretized counterpart. The method is deterministic and computationally efficient. To validate and demonstrate its effectiveness, we apply it to compute both transient and long-term probability density evolution for some typical climate models.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143987506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finite-size scaling and dynamics in a two-dimensional lattice of identical oscillators with frustrated couplings.","authors":"Róbert Juhász, Géza Ódor","doi":"10.1063/5.0247843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0247843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A two-dimensional lattice of oscillators with identical (zero) intrinsic frequencies and Kuramoto type of interactions with randomly frustrated couplings is considered. Starting the time evolution from slightly perturbed synchronized states, we study numerically the relaxation properties, as well as properties at the stable fixed point which can also be viewed as a metastable state of the closely related XY spin glass model. According to our results, the order parameter at the stable fixed point shows generally a slow, reciprocal logarithmic convergence to its limiting value with the system size. The infinite-size limit is found to be close to zero for zero-centered Gaussian couplings, whereas, for a binary ±1 distribution with a sufficiently high concentration of positive couplings, it is significantly above zero. Besides, the relaxation time is found to grow algebraically with the system size. Thus, the order parameter in an infinite system approaches its limiting value inversely proportionally to lnt at late times t, similarly to that found in the model with all-to-all couplings [Daido, Chaos 28, 045102 (2018)]. As opposed to the order parameter, the energy of the corresponding XY model is found to converge algebraically to its infinite-size limit.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143987523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praveenkumar Venkatesan, Gaurav Chopra, Rewanth Ravindran, Shraddha Gupta, Vishnu R Unni, Norbert Marwan, Jürgen Kurths, R I Sujith
{"title":"The circular movement of synchronous extreme precipitation preceding Kerala floods in 2018 and 2019.","authors":"Praveenkumar Venkatesan, Gaurav Chopra, Rewanth Ravindran, Shraddha Gupta, Vishnu R Unni, Norbert Marwan, Jürgen Kurths, R I Sujith","doi":"10.1063/5.0246909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2018 and 2019, Kerala, the southernmost state in India, experienced extreme precipitation, leading to appallingly devastating floods that damaged life and property. Kerala is vulnerable to flooding due to its topography, geographical location, and meteorology. Several phenomena have been attributed to these extreme precipitations; however, no single explanation suffices to explain such complex climate phenomena. We view the occurrence of extreme precipitation that leads to floods, such as an emerging phenomenon through the lens of complex system theory. We analyze the patterns of synchrony of extreme fluctuations in precipitation, outgoing longwave radiation, and water vapor transport. We construct time-varying functional climate networks, in which the statistical similarity between the time series of extreme precipitation at different spatial locations is estimated using event synchronization. The network topology reveals that excessive precipitation during the Kerala floods was associated with a coherent pattern of synchronized extreme rainfall. In the coherent phenomena discovered, the extreme rainfall was synchronized across a wide range of length scales spanning 100-1000 km. Furthermore, it traverses a synoptic scale path. After originating in the equatorial Indian Ocean, the coherent pattern moves eastward across the Bay of Bengal. The pattern stops over the Maritime Continent and changes its direction. It moves westward toward the Indian peninsula and accumulates over southwest India. We find that the extreme precipitation was driven by enhanced convective activity, leading to cloudiness and high-vapor transport in the atmosphere. Our findings improve the understanding of intraseasonal variability in the Indian monsoon and extreme precipitation events.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143969633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Xu, Meng Jin, Chuansheng Shen, Hong Qi, Shoufang Huang, Maosheng Wang, Jiqian Zhang, Xiang Li
{"title":"Biodiversity-induced opposing shifts of tipping points in mutualistic ecological networks.","authors":"Fei Xu, Meng Jin, Chuansheng Shen, Hong Qi, Shoufang Huang, Maosheng Wang, Jiqian Zhang, Xiang Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0260836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0260836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While biodiversity is recognized as crucial for ecosystem stability, the mechanisms governing its dual role in collapse and restoration dynamics remain unclear. By analyzing ten empirical plant-pollinator mutualistic networks, we uncover a biodiversity paradox: increased biodiversity lowers the collapse threshold while enhancing restoration potential. This counterintuitive phenomenon is quantitatively linked to a significant negative correlation between biodiversity levels and hysteresis loop width. To understand this paradox, we develop a refined degree-weighted mean-field framework, reducing high-dimensional dynamics to a tractable two-dimensional system. By integrating potential landscape theory from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, we uncover the physical basis of biodiversity-driven threshold shifts. Systematic modulation of mutualistic interaction degrees across stochastic networks further confirms the universal regulatory role of reduced biodiversity in collapse-restoration tipping points. Our findings provide a quantitative framework for predicting ecosystem resilience and optimizing restoration strategies across biodiversity gradients.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144062562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tipping in an adaptive climate network model.","authors":"T Bdolach, J Kurths, S Yanchuk","doi":"10.1063/5.0256156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0256156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With rising global temperatures, Earth's tipping elements are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to crossing their critical thresholds. The reaching of such tipping points does not only impact other tipping elements through their connections but can also have further effect on the global mean surface temperature (GMT) itself, either increasing or decreasing the probability of further tipping points being reached. Recently, a numerical study analyzing the risk of tipping cascades has been conducted, using a conceptual model describing the dynamics of a tipping element with its interactions with other tipping elements taken into account [N. Wunderling, J. F. Donges, J. Kurths, and R. Winkelmann, Earth Syst. Dyn. 12, 601-619 (2021)]. Here, we extend the model substantially by including adaptation so that the GMT feedback induced by the crossing of a tipping point is incorporated as well. We find that although the adaptive mechanism does not impact the risk for the occurrence of tipping events, large tipping cascades are less probable due to the negative GMT feedback of the ocean circulation systems. Furthermore, several tipping elements can play a different role in cascades in the adaptive model. In particular, the Amazon rainforest could be a trigger in a tipping cascade. Overall, the adaptation mechanism tends to slightly stabilize the network.</p>","PeriodicalId":9974,"journal":{"name":"Chaos","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144149555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}