Non-strict sparse coupling conjecture for weak Markov blankets

Let JJ be the Jacobian of a multiscale, coupled random dynamical system, with state components η\boldsymbol{\eta} and μ\boldsymbol{\mu}, and let HH denote its Hessian form. A weak Markov blanket allows the relevant cross-directional interactions to be absent for most component pairs and at some timescale, rather than for every degree of freedom. Non-strict sparse coupling conjecture. Consider a class of systems where the flow in at least one direction is decoupled so that the system has a weak Markov blanket, namely,

JηiμjJμjηi=0J_{\eta^i\mu^j}J_{\mu^j\eta^i}=0

and

Hηiμj=0H_{\eta^i\mu^j}=0

for most ημ\eta\mu or μη\mu\eta pairs. Then all sufficiently high-dimensional, multiscale, coupled random dynamical systems that admit a stationary solution admit a stationary solution satisfying this property at some timescale. Consequently, physical systems possessing a steady state that do not satisfy this property anywhere at steady state should form a measure-zero set relative to those that do.

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Dalton A R Sakthivadivel, “Weak Markov Blankets in High-Dimensional, Sparsely-Coupled Random Dynamical Systems”, arXiv:2207.07620 (2022).

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