Narrow Results

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the dynamics of a ring network with short-cut. We first investigate the absolute synchronization on the basis of Lyapunov stability approach, and then discuss the linear stability of the trivial solution by analyzing the distribution of zeros of the characteristic equation. Based on the equivariant branching lemma, we not only obtain the existence of primary steady state bifurcation but also analyze the patterns and stability of the bifurcated nontrivial equilibria. Moreover, by means of the equivariant Hopf bifurcation theorem, we not only investigate the effect of connection strength on the spatio-temporal patterns of periodic solutions emanating from the trivial equilibrium, but also derive the formula to determine the direction and stability of Hopf bifurcation. In particular, we further consider the secondary bifurcation of the nontrivial equilibria. These studies show that short-cut may be used as a simple but efficient switch to control the dynamics of a system.

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