Irreversibility in non-reciprocal chaotic systems

How is the irreversibility of a high-dimensional chaotic system related to its dynamical behavior? In this paper, we address this question by developing a stochastic-thermodynamics treatment of complex networks that exhibit chaos. Specifically, we establish an exact relation between the averaged ent...

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Main Authors: Tuan Minh Pham, Albert Alonso, Karel Proesmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/adae2a
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Summary:How is the irreversibility of a high-dimensional chaotic system related to its dynamical behavior? In this paper, we address this question by developing a stochastic-thermodynamics treatment of complex networks that exhibit chaos. Specifically, we establish an exact relation between the averaged entropy production rate—a measure of irreversibility—and the autocorrelation function for an infinite system of neurons coupled via random non-reciprocal interactions. We show how, under given noise strength, the entropy production rate can signal the onset of a transition occurring as the coupling heterogeneity increases beyond a critical value via a change in its functional form upon crossing this point. Furthermore, this transition happens at a fixed, noise-independent entropy production rate, elucidating how robust energetic cost is possibly responsible for optimal information processing at criticality.
ISSN:1367-2630