Dynamics of globally coupled oscillators: progress and perspectives

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in understanding the behavior of globally coupled oscillators, highlighting key results, surprises, and connections between different research approaches.

Contribution

It provides an overview of recent progress and perspectives in the study of mean field coupled oscillators, emphasizing interesting findings and interrelations.

Findings

Identification of new dynamical regimes

Surprising collective behaviors observed

Connections between different modeling approaches

Abstract

In this paper we discuss recent progress in research of ensembles of mean field coupled oscillators. Without an ambition to present a comprehensive review, we outline most interesting from our viewpoint results and surprises, as well as interrelations between different approaches.