The activity generated by an ensemble of neurons is affected by various noise sources. It is a well-recognised challenge to understand the effects of noise on the stability of such networks. We demonstrate that the patterns of activity generated by n
etworks of grid cells emerge from the instability of homogeneous activity for small levels of noise. This is carried out by upscaling a noisy grid cell model to a system of partial differential equations in order to analyse the robustness of network activity patterns with respect to noise. Inhomogeneous network patterns are numerically understood as branches bifurcating from unstable homogeneous states for small noise levels. We prove that there is a phase transition occurring as the level of noise decreases. Our numerical study also indicates the presence of hysteresis phenomena close to the precise critical noise value.
We show that the Hunter-Saxton equation $u_t+uu_x=frac14big(int_{-infty}^x dmu(t,z)- int^{infty}_x dmu(t,z)big)$ and $mu_t+(umu)_x=0$ has a unique, global, weak, and conservative solution $(u,mu)$ of the Cauchy problem on the line.
We present a well-posedness result for strong solutions of one-dimensional stochastic differential equations (SDEs) of the form $$mathrm{d} X= u(omega,t,X), mathrm{d} t + frac12 sigma(omega,t,X)sigma(omega,t,X),mathrm{d} t + sigma(omega,t,X) , mathrm
{d}W(t), $$ where the drift coefficient $u$ is random and irregular. The random and regular noise coefficient $sigma$ may vanish. The main contribution is a pathwise uniqueness result under the assumptions that $u$ belongs to $L^p(Omega; L^infty([0,T];dot{H}^1(mathbb{R})))$ for any finite $pge 1$, $mathbb{E}left|u(t)-u(0)right|_{dot{H}^1(mathbb{R})}^2 to 0$ as $tdownarrow 0$, and $u$ satisfies the one-sided gradient bound $partial_x u(omega,t,x) le K(omega, t)$, where the process $K(omega,t )>0$ exhibits an exponential moment bound of the form $mathbb{E} expBig(pint_t^T K(s),mathrm{d} sBig) lesssim {t^{-2p}}$ for small times $t$, for some $pge1$. This study is motivated by ongoing work on the well-posedness of the stochastic Hunter--Saxton equation, a stochastic perturbation of a nonlinear transport equation that arises in the modelling of the director field of a nematic liquid crystal. In this context, the one-sided bound acts as a selection principle for dissipative weak solutions of the stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE).
In this paper we develop an existence theory for the nonlinear initial-boundary value problem with singular diffusion $partial_t u = text{div}(k(x) abla G(u))$, $u|_{t=0}=u_0$ with Neumann boundary conditions $k(x) abla G(u)cdot u = 0$. Here $xin Bs
ubset mathbb{R}^d$, a bounded open set with locally Lipchitz boundary, and with $ u$ as the unit outer normal. The function $G$ is Lipschitz continuous and nondecreasing, while $k(x)$ is diagonal matrix. We show that any two weak entropy solutions $u$ and $v$ satisfy $Vert{u(t)-v(t)}Vert_{L^1(B)}le Vert{u|_{t=0}-v|_{t=0}}Vert_{L^1(B)}e^{Ct}$, for almost every $tge 0$, and a constant $C=C(k,G,B)$. If we restrict to the case when the entries $k_i$ of $k$ depend only on the corresponding component, $k_i=k_i(x_i)$, we show that there exists an entropy solution, thus establishing in this case that the problem is well-posed in the sense of Hadamard.
In this paper we develop an existence theory for the Cauchy problem to the stochastic Hunter-Saxton equatio, and prove several properties of the blow-up of its solutions. An important part of the paper is the continuation of solutions to the stochast
ic equations beyond blow-up (wave-breaking). In the linear noise case, using the method of (stochastic) characteristics, we also study random wave-breaking and stochastic effects unobserved in the deterministic problem. Notably, we derive an explicit law for the random wave-breaking time.
We introduce a formalism to deal with the microscopic modeling of vehicular traffic on a road network. Traffic on each road is uni-directional, and the dynamics of each vehicle is described by a Follow-the-Leader model. From a mathematical point of v
iew, this amounts to define a system of ordinary differential equations on an arbitrary network. A general existence and uniqueness result is provided, while priorities at junctions are shown to hinder the stability of solutions. We investigate the occurrence of the Braess paradox in a time-dependent setting within this model. The emergence of Nash equilibria in a non-stationary situation results in the appearance of Braess type paradoxes, and this is supported by numerical simulations.
We study vehicular traffic on a road with multiple lanes and dense, unidirectional traffic following the traditional Lighthill-Whitham-Richards model where the velocity in each lane depends only on the density in the same lane. The model assumes that
the tendency of drivers to change to a neighboring lane is proportional to the difference in velocity between the lanes. The model allows for an arbitrary number of lanes, each with its distinct velocity function. The resulting model is a well-posed weakly coupled system of hyperbolic conservation laws with a Lipschitz continuous source. We show several relevant bounds for solutions of this model that are not valid for general weakly coupled systems. Furthermore, by taking an appropriately scaled limit as the number of lanes increases, we derive a model describing a continuum of lanes, and show that the $N$-lane model converges to a weak solution of the continuum model.
We offer a simple and self-contained proof that the Follow-the-Leader model converges to the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards model for traffic flow.
The purpose of this short note is to provide a new and very short proof of a result by Sudakov, offering an important improvement of the classical result by Kolmogorov-Riesz on compact subsets of Lebesgue spaces.
The Camassa-Holm equation and its two-component Camassa-Holm system generalization both experience wave breaking in finite time. To analyze this, and to obtain solutions past wave breaking, it is common to reformulate the original equation given in E
ulerian coordinates, into a system of ordinary differential equations in Lagrangian coordinates. It is of considerable interest to study the stability of solutions and how this is manifested in Eulerian and Lagrangian variables. We identify criteria of convergence, such that convergence in Eulerian coordinates is equivalent to convergence in Lagrangian coordinates. In addition, we show how one can approximate global conservative solutions of the scalar Camassa-Holm equation by smooth solutions of the two-component Camassa-Holm system that do not experience wave breaking.
