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Data-Driven Continuation of Patterns and Their Bifurcations

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Title: Data-Driven Continuation of Patterns and Their Bifurcations
Authors: Wenjun Zhao, Samuel Maffa, Björn Sandstede
Source: SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. 24:1812-1850
Publication Status: Preprint
Publisher Information: Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: FOS: Mathematics, FOS: Physical sciences, Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS), Dynamical Systems (math.DS), Mathematics - Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and Solitons
Description: Patterns and nonlinear waves, such as spots, stripes, and rotating spirals, arise prominently in many natural processes and in reaction-diffusion models. Our goal is to compute boundaries between parameter regions with different prevailing patterns and waves. We accomplish this by evolving randomized initial data to full patterns and evaluate feature functions, such as the number of connected components or their area distribution, on their sublevel sets. The resulting probability measure on the feature space, which we refer to as pattern statistics, can then be compared at different parameter values using the Wasserstein distance. We show that arclength predictor-corrector continuation can be used to trace out transition and bifurcation curves in parameter space by maximizing the distance of the pattern statistics. The utility of this approach is demonstrated through a range of examples involving homogeneous states, spots, stripes, and spiral waves.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1536-0040
DOI: 10.1137/24m165644x
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2503.05736
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05736
Rights: CC BY SA
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....b1df2905db919915a6e2fef98db509f9
Database: OpenAIRE
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ISSN:15360040
DOI:10.1137/24m165644x