Global phase-locking conjecture for homogeneous Kuramoto oscillators

Let NN phase oscillators evolve according to the homogeneous Kuramoto system

θ˙(t)=kf(θ(t)),θ(t0)=θ0,\dot{\theta}(t)=k f(\theta(t)),\qquad \theta(t_0)=\theta_0,

where θ0RN\theta_0\in\mathbb{R}^N and R(θ)R(\theta) is the magnitude of the order parameter. Global phase-locking conjecture. For almost all initial conditions θ0\theta_0, the solution satisfies

limtR(θ(t))=1.\lim_{t\rightarrow\infty}R(\theta(t))=1.

The claim predicts global phase-locking for almost every initial condition, although other invariant manifolds prevent global asymptotic stability in the usual sense; the source notes that the phase-locking manifold is locally asymptotically stable.

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Primary source

Mark Verwoerd and Oliver Mason, “Global phase-locking in finite populations of phase-coupled oscillators”, arXiv:0709.1558 (2007).

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