The R_0-independent pathwise oscillator-death conjecture for the inertial Winfree model

Let NN oscillators have initial data ({θi0}i=1N,{ωi0}i=1N)(\{\theta_i^0\}_{i=1}^N,\{\omega_i^0\}_{i=1}^N) and system parameters ({νi}i=1N,κ,m)(\{\nu_i\}_{i=1}^N,\kappa,m). Write V=(νi)i=1N\mathcal{V}=(\nu_i)_{i=1}^N and let Ω0=(ωi0)i=1N\Omega^0=(\omega_i^0)_{i=1}^N. The R_0-independent pathwise oscillator-death conjecture. There exist absolute constants a,b,c>0a,b,c>0 with the following property. For any initial data and system parameters satisfying

Vκ<a,mκ<b,Ω0κ<c,\frac{\|\mathcal{V}\|_\infty}{\kappa}<a,\qquad m\kappa<b,\qquad \frac{\|\Omega^0\|_\infty}{\kappa}<c,

the solution Θ\Theta to the inertial Winfree system exhibits oscillator death: for every i[N]i\in[N], the limits θi:=limtθi(t)\theta_i^\infty:=\lim_{t\to\infty}\theta_i(t) and limtθ˙i(t)=0\lim_{t\to\infty}\dot\theta_i(t)=0 exist. This conjecture seeks constants independent of the initial-data scale R0R_0, improving the explicit but nonuniform R03/2R_0^{3/2} dependence in the proved pathwise theorem.

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Caiman Moreno-Earle, Seung-Yeon Ryoo and Grace To, “Relaxation dynamics of the Inertial Winfree model”, arXiv:2605.01695 (2026).

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