A Kuramoto phase model to explore the synchronisation of a network of circadian clocks
arXiv:2607.21214
2026
Dynamics
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What the math gives to ML
The paper provides a nonstandard synchronization mechanism: Kuramoto oscillators interact through a phase-dependent window, so coupling is active only during a selected portion of each cycle. Its transferable asset is a constructive phase-coordination rule with a monotonicity condition and an asymptotic synchronization guarantee under restrictions on the initial phase spread and coupling-window length. A neural implementation can add latent phase channels to an RNN or state-space model and replace always-on recurrent mixing with windowed Kuramoto coupling, with a sharp transition in the order parameter as coupling and window length cross the synchronization region.
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2026
Augment each recurrent channel, feature group, or state-space stream with a latent phase oscillator and allow cross-stream coupling only when the receiving oscillator lies inside a learned or fixed phase window. The window suppresses destructive mixing outside the relevant dynamical regime while retaining Kuramoto-style attraction during the active interval, potentially improving long-horizon coherence without forcing all hidden states to synchronize continuously.
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