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arxiv: 1503.04688 · v2 · pith:KPUISQTPnew · submitted 2015-03-16 · 💻 cs.DM · math.CO

Simple dynamics on graphs

classification 💻 cs.DM math.CO
keywords systemdynamicaldynamicsfinitegraphinteractionsignedboolean
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Does the interaction graph of a finite dynamical system can force this system to have a "complex" dynamics ? In other words, given a finite interval of integers $A$, which are the signed digraphs $G$ such that every finite dynamical system $f:A^n\to A^n$ with $G$ as interaction graph has a "complex" dynamics ? If $|A|\geq 3$ we prove that no such signed digraph exists. More precisely, we prove that for every signed digraph $G$ there exists a system $f:A^n\to A^n$ with $G$ as interaction graph that converges toward a unique fixed point in at most $\lfloor\log_2 n\rfloor+2$ steps. The boolean case $|A|=2$ is more difficult, and we provide partial answers instead. We exhibit large classes of unsigned digraphs which admit boolean dynamical systems which converge toward a unique fixed point in polynomial, linear or constant time.

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