Phase synchronization and its transition in two coupled bursting neurons: theoretical and numerical analysis

It is crucially important to study different synchronous regimes in coupled neurons because different regimes may correspond to different cognitive and pathological states. In this paper, phase synchronization and its transitions are discussed by means of theoretical and numerical analyses. In two coupled modified Morris--Lecar neurons with a gap junction, we show that the occurrence of phase synchronization can be investigated from the dynamics of phase equation, and the analytical synchronization condition is derived. By defining the phase of spike and burst, the transitions from burst synchronization to spike synchronization and then toward nearly complete synchronization can be identified by bifurcation diagrams, the mean frequency difference and time series of neurons. The simulation results suggest that the synchronization of bursting activity is a multi-time-scale phenomenon and the phase synchronization deduced by the phase equation is actually spike synchronization.     

液压管道脉动流问题的适定性与激波

在自动控制等工程问题中,液压气动技术有着广泛的应用.因此,液压管道动态特性的研究有着十分重要的意义.液压管道脉动流问题在数学上是两个自变量的一阶拟线性双曲型偏微分方程组的初边值问题.但是,目前国内外大都采用数值解法或线性化方法,它们不能对非线性波动作出比较完整的定性理论分析.这里,我们应用数学解析的方法,对于液压管道脉动流中的非线性波与间断问题作一些初步的研讨.     

Average Synchronization and Temporal Order in a Noisy Neuronal Network with Coupling Delay

Average synchronization and temporal order characterized by the rate of firing are studied in a spatially extended network system with the coupling time delay, which is locally modelled by a two-dimensional Rulkov map neuron. It is shown that there exists an optimal noise level, where average synchronization and temporal order are maximum irrespective of the coupling time delay. Furthermore, it is found that temporal order is weakened when the coupling time delay appears. However, the coupling time delay has a twofold effect on average synchronization, one associated with its increase, the other with its decrease. This clearly manifests that random perturbations and time delay play a complementary role in synchronization and temporal order.     

Non-Smooth Bifurcation and Chaos in a DC-DC Buck Converter

A direct-current-direct-current （DC-DC） buck converter with integrated load current feedback is studied with three kinds of Poincaré maps. The external corner-collision bifurcation occurs when the crossing number per period varies, and the internal corner-collision bifurcations occur along with period-doubling and period-tripling bifurcations in this model. The multi-band chaos roots in external corner-collision bifurcation and often grows into 1-band chaos. A new kind of chaotic sliding orbits, which is more complex for non-smooth systems, is also found in this model.     

碰摩转子映射系统的延迟反馈混沌控制

将转子的碰摩映射地擦边轨道附近进行局部化,并通过实验数据去拟合局部映射,然后采用变量延迟反馈控制法对该系统进行控制,通过选取合适的控制增益,将转子系统的碰磨运动镇定到周期1转道上,从而实现对碰磨转子系统混沌运动的控制。