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Rico Berner, Jakub Sawicki, Eckehard Schöll
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Birth and stabilization of phase clusters b y m ultiplexing of adaptiv e net w orks
Rico Berner 1 , 2 , ∗ Jakub Sa wic ki 1 , and Ec k ehard Sc h¨ oll 1 †
1 Institut f¨ ur The or etische Physik, T e chnische Universit¨ at Berlin, Har denb er gstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany and
2 Institut f¨ ur Mathematik, T e chnische Universit¨ at Berlin, Har denb er gstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
(Dated: January 14, 2020)
W e prop ose a concept to generate and stabilize div erse partial synchronization patterns (phase
clusters) in adaptiv e netw orks whic h are widespread in neuro- and so cial sciences, as w ell as biology ,
engineering, and other disciplines. W e sho w by theoretical analysis and computer sim ulations that
m ultiplexing in a multila y er netw ork with symmetry can induce v arious stable phase cluster states
in a situation where they are not stable or do not ev en exist in the single lay er. F urther, w e dev elop
a metho d for the analysis of Laplacian matrices of m ultiplex netw orks whic h allows for insigh t into
the sp ectral structure of these net works enabling a reduction to the stabilit y problem of single lay ers.
W e emplo y the multiplex decomposition to provide analytic results for the stabilit y of the m ultilay er
patterns. As lo cal dynamics w e use the paradigmatic Kuramoto phase oscillator, whic h is a simple
generic mo del and has b een successfully applied in the mo deling of sync hronization phenomena in
a wide range of natural and tec hnological systems.
Complex net w orks are an ubiquitous paradigm in na-
ture and tec hnology , with a wide field of applications
ranging from ph ysics, c hemistry , biology , neuroscience,
to engineering and so cio-economic systems. Of particu-
lar in terest are adaptiv e net w orks, where the connectivit y
c hanges in time, for instance, the synaptic connections
b et w een neurons are adapted dep ending on the relativ e
timing of neuronal spiking [1–5]. Similarly , chemical sys-
tems ha v e b een rep orted [6], where the reaction rates
adapt dynamically dep ending on the v ariables of the sys-
tem. Activit y-dep enden t plasticit y is also common in
epidemics [7] and in biological or so cial systems [8]. Syn-
c hronization is an imp ortant feature of the dynamics in
net w orks of coupled nonlinear oscillators [9–13]. V ari-
ous sync hronization patterns are kno wn, lik e cluster syn-
c hronization where the net w ork splits into groups of syn-
c hronous elemen ts [14], or partial sync hronization pat-
terns lik e c himera states where the system splits in to co-
existing domains of coheren t (sync hronized) and incoher-
en t (desync hronized) states [15–17]. These patterns w ere
also explored in adaptiv e net works [18–33]. F urthermore,
adapting the net w ork top ology has also successfully b een
used to con trol cluster sync hronization in dela y-coupled
net w orks [34].
Another fo cus of recen t researc h in net w ork science are
m ultila y er net w orks, whic h are systems in terconnected
through differen t t yp es of links [35–38]. A prominen t
example are so cial net works whic h can b e describ ed as
groups of p eople with differen t patterns of contacts or
in teractions b etw een them [39–41]. Other applications
are comm unication, supply , and transp ortation net w orks,
for instance p o w er grids, subw ay net works, or airtraffic
net w orks [42]. In neuroscience, m ultila yer net works rep-
resen t for instance neurons in differen t areas of the brain,
neurons connected either b y a chemical link or b y an elec-
trical synapsis, or the mo dular connectivit y structure of
brain regions [43–51]. A sp ecial case of m ultilay er net-
w orks are m ultiplex top ologies, where eac h la yer con tains
the same set of no des, and only pairwise connections b e-
t w een corresp onding no des from neigh b ouring lay ers ex-
ist [52–71].
In spite of the liv ely in terest in the topic of adaptiv e
net w orks, little is kno wn ab out the in terpla y of adap-
tiv ely coupled groups of net w orks [25, 72, 73]. Suc h
adaptiv e m ultila y er or m ultiplex net w orks app ear nat-
urally in neuronal net works, e.g., in in teracting neuron
p opulations with plastic synapses but differen t plasticit y
rules within eac h p opulation [74, 75], or affected b y dif-
feren t mec hanisms of plasticit y [76], or the transp ort of
metab olic resources [77]. Bey ond brain net w orks, co ex-
isting forms of (meta)plasticit y are in v estigated in neuro-
inspired devices to dev elop artificially intelligen t learning
circuitry [78].
In this Letter w e sho w that a plethora of no v el pat-
terns can b e generated b y m ultiplexing adaptiv e net-
w orks. In particular, partial sync hronization patterns
lik e phase clusters and more complex cluster states which
are unstable in the corresp onding monoplex net w ork can
b e stabilized, or ev en states which do not exist in the
single-la y er case for the parameters c hosen, can b e b orn
b y m ultiplexing. Th us our aim is to provide fundamen tal
insigh t in to the com bined action of adaptivit y and multi-
plex top ologies. Hereb y we elucidate the delicate balance
of adaptation and m ultiplexing whic h is a feature of man y
real-w orld net w orks ev en b ey ond neuroscience [79–82].
As lo cal dynamics w e use the paradigmatic Kuramoto
phase oscillator mo del, which is a simple generic model
and has b een successfully applied in the mo deling of syn-
c hronization phenomena in a wide range of natural and
tec hnological systems [13].
A general m ultiplex net w ork with L la y ers eac h con-
sisting of N iden tical adaptiv ely coupled phase oscillators

2
is describ ed b y
˙
φ µ
i = ω − 1
N
N
X
j =1
κ µ
ij sin( φ µ
i − φ µ
j + α µµ )
−
L
X
ν =1 ,ν 6 = µ
σ µν sin( φ µ
i − φ ν
i + α µν ) , (1)
˙ κ µ
ij = −   κ µ
ij + sin( φ µ
i − φ µ
j + β µ )  ,
where φ µ
i ∈ [0 , 2 π ) represen ts the phase of the i th oscil-
lator ( i = 1 , . . . , N ) in the µ th la y er ( µ = 1 , . . . , L ), and
ω is the natural frequency . The in teraction b et ween the
oscillators within eac h la y er is determined adaptiv ely b y
the in tra-la y er coupling w eigh ts κ µ
ij ∈ [ − 1 , 1], whereas b e-
t w een the la y ers the in ter-la y er coupling w eigh ts σ µν ≥ 0
are fixed. The parameters α µν are the phase lags of the
in teraction [83]. The adaptation rate 0 <   1 sep-
arates the time scales of the slo w dynamics of the cou-
pling w eigh ts and the fast dynamics of the oscillatory
system. The phase lag parameter β µ of the adaptation
function sin( φ µ
i − φ µ
j + β µ ), also called plasticit y rule
in the neuroscience terminology [18], describ es differen t
rules that ma y o ccur in neuronal net w orks. F or instance,
for β µ = −
(+) π / 2, an (an ti-) Hebbian-like rule [84–86] is
obtained where the coupling κ ij increases (decreases)
b et w een an y tw o systems with close-by phases [87]. If
β = 0, the link κ ij will b e strengthened if the i th oscil-
lator is adv ancing the j th . Suc h a relationship is t ypi-
cal for spik e-timing dep enden t plasticit y in neuroscience
[3, 5, 88, 89].
Let us note imp ortan t prop erties of our mo del (1),
whic h has b een widely used as a paradigmatic mo del for
adaptiv e net w orks [18–30] and generalizes the Kuramoto-
Sak aguc hi mo del with fixed coupling top ology [90–94].
First, ω can b e set to zero without loss of gener-
alit y due to the shift-symmetry of Eq. (1), i.e., con-
sidering the co-rotating frame φ → φ + ω t . More-
o v er, due to the existence of the attracting region
G ≡  φ µ
i , κ µ
ij  : φ µ
i ∈ (0 , 2 π ] , | κ µ
ij | ≤ 1 , i, j = 1 , . . . , N ,
µ = 1 , . . . , L } , one can restrict the range of the coupling
w eigh ts to the in terv al − 1 ≤ κ ij ≤ 1 [23]. Finally , based
on the parameter symmetries of the mo del
( α , β , φ , κ ) 7→ ( − α , π − β , − φ , κ ) ,
( α µµ , β µ , φ µ
i , κ µ
ij ) 7→ ( α µµ + π , β µ + π , φ µ
i , − κ µ
ij ) ,
where α , β , φ , κ abbreviate the whole set of v ariables and
parameters, it is sufficien t to analyze the system within
the parameter region α 11 ∈ [0 , π / 2), α µµ ∈ [0 , π ) ( µ 6 = 1),
α µν ∈ [0 , 2 π ) ( µ 6 = ν ) and β µ ∈ [ − π , π ).
Before w e consider m ultiple la y ers, w e suggest that
eac h solution of Eq. (1) for L = 1 , 2 is called a mono-
plex or duplex state, resp ectiv ely . Already for a sin-
gle la y er, Eq. (1) p ossesses a h uge v ariet y of dynam-
ical (monoplex) states suc h as m ulticlusters with re-
sp ect to frequency sync hronization, c haotic attractors,
and c himera-lik e states, whic h hav e b een studied n umer-
ically and analytically [18–23]. In particular, it has b een
sho wn that starting from uniformly distributed random
initial condition φ i ∈ [0 , 2 π ), κ ij ∈ [ − 1 , 1] the system
can reac h differen t frequency m ulticluster states with hi-
erarc hical structure dep ending on the parameters α and
β . The frequency m ulticlusters in turn consist of sev eral
one-clusters whic h determine the existence and stabilit y
of the former [24]. Therefore, these one-cluster states
(with iden tical frequency , but differen t phase distribu-
tions) constitute the building blo c ks of adaptively cou-
pled phase oscillators, and their generalization to the
m ultiplex case will b e in the fo cus of this Letter. The
reason for this fo cus is that one-cluster states, whic h are
analytically v ery w ell understo o d, are building blo c ks for
more complex dynamical states. Chimera-like states as
they w ere studied in [23, 25] exist close to the b orders of
these states, so the existence and stabilit y of one-clusters
ma y pa v e the w a y for observing those hybrid patterns.
In general, one-cluster states are giv en b y equilibria
relativ e to a co-rotating frame [22]
φ µ
i = Ω t + a µ
i ,
κ µ
ij = − sin( a µ
i − a µ
j + β µ ) , (2)
with collectiv e frequency Ω and relativ e phases a µ
i .
Hence the second momen t order parameter R 2 ( a µ ) =
1
N    P N
j =1 e i2 a µ
j    with a µ ≡ ( a µ
1 , . . . , a µ
N ) T can b e used as
a c haracteristic measure. In the case of monoplex sys-
tems ( L = 1), three types of solutions exist (see Fig. 1)
whic h are c haracterized b y corresp onding frequencies Ω
as a function of ( α 11 , β 1 ) [22]: (a) Ω = cos( α 11 − β 1 ) / 2
if R 2 ( a 1 ) = 0 (Spla y state), (b) Ω = sin α 11 sin β 1 if
R 2 ( a 1 ) = 1 with a 1
i ∈ { 0 , π } (An tip o dal state), (c)
Ω = cos( α 11 − β 1 ) / 2 − R 2 ( a ) cos( ψ Q ) / 2 if 0 < R 2 ( a 1 ) < 1
with a 1
i ∈ { 0 , π , ψ Q , ψ Q + π } (Double an tip o dal state)
with ψ Q b eing the unique solution (mo dulo 2 π ) of
(1 − q ) sin( ψ Q − α 11 − β 1 ) = q sin( ψ Q + α 11 + β 1 ) , (3)
where q = Q/ N and Q ∈ { 1 , . . . , N − 1 } denotes the
n um b er of relativ e phases a 1
i ∈ { 0 , π } . Here, spla y states
are defined in a more general sense b y R 2 ( a 1 ) = 0, whic h
includes the states a 1
i = 2 π i/ N usually referred to as
spla y state [95].
Let us no w consider these one-cluster states in m ulti-
plex structures. Therefore, w e in tro duce the notion of
lifte d one-cluster states, where in eac h la y er the state
( φ µ
i ( t ) , κ µ
ij ( t )) is a monoplex one-cluster, i.e., the phases
a µ
i of the oscillators are of spla y , antipo dal, or double an-
tip o dal t yp e which solv es Eq. (3). It can b e sho wn [102]
that in duplex systems ( L = 2) the phase difference of os-
cillators b et w een the la yers ∆ a ≡ a 1
i − a 2
i tak es only t w o
v alues and solv es ∆Ω = σ 12 sin(∆ a + α 12 ) + σ 21 sin(∆ a −
α 21 ), where ∆Ω ≡ Ω( α 11 , β 1 ) − Ω( α 22 , β 2 ) is giv en ab ov e
for the three differen t one-cluster states (spla y , antipo-
dal, double an tip o dal). Figure 2 displa ys lifted states of

3
κ ij
1
− 1
ψ
(a) (b) (c)

FIG. 1. Illustration of the three t yp es of monoplex one-cluster
states of Eq. (2) ( L = 1) for an ensem ble of 10 oscillators
(green circles) with frequencies Ω (upp er panels) and coupling
structure with w eights κ ij (lo w er panels): One-cluster (a) of
spla y type ( R 2 ( a ) = 0), (b) of an tip o dal type ( R 2 ( a ) = 1),
and (c) of double an tip o dal t yp e with Q = 7. P arameters:
α = 0 . 1 π , β = 0 . 1 π
spla y (a), an tip o dal (b), and splay t yp e (d). The phase
distributions in b oth la yers are the same but shifted b y
the constan t v alue ∆ a in agreement with the abov e equa-
tion. In con trast to the lifted states, Fig. 2(c) sho ws an-
other p ossible one-cluster for the duplex net w ork. Due
to the in teraction of the t w o la y ers we can find a phase
distribution whic h is of double antipo dal type in each
la y er but not a lifted state since neither ψ 1 nor ψ 2 solv e
Eq. (3) for Q = 30. This means that these states are
b orn b y the duplex set-up. Moreo v er, in con trast to the
other examples the phase distribution b et w een the la y ers
do es not agree, ψ 1 6 = ψ 2 . F or the monoplex case, it has
b een sho wn that double an tip o dal states are unstable for
an y set of parameters [24]. Hence, finding stable dou-
ble an tip o dal states which in teract through the duplex
structure is unexp ected.
F or more insigh t in to the birth of phase-lo c k ed states
b y m ultiplexing, Fig. 3 displays the emergence of double
an tip o dal states in a parameter regime where they do not
exist in single-la y er net works. They are c haracterized by
the second momen t order parameter R 2 . It is remark-
able that the new double an tip o dal state can b e found for
a wide range of the in ter-la y er coupling strength larger
than a certain critical v alue σ c , and is clearly differen t
from those of the monoplex. Moreo ver, these states are
ev en robust for inhomogeneous natural frequencies [102].
Belo w the critical v alue σ c , the double an tip o dal states
are no longer stable, and more complex temp oral dynam-
ics o ccurs whic h causes temp oral changes in R 2 . This
leads to non-v anishing temp oral v ariance indicated b y
the error bars in Fig. 3.
In the follo wing w e sho w how the dynamics in a neigh-
b orho o d of theses states can b e lifted as w ell, i.e., we in-
v estigate their lo cal stability . The linearization of Eq. (1)
around the one-cluster states describ ed b y Eq. (2) is ex-
emplified for an tip o dal states but can b e generalized to
La y er 1 La y er 2 La y er 1 L a y er 2
π
π
∆ a
∆ a
π
π
ψ 1
ψ 2
10 3 0 50 10 30 50 10 30 50 10 30 50
j j
φ µ
j
i
φ µ
j
i
(a)
10
30
50
10
30
50
2 π
0
π
2 π
0
π
(b)
(c) (d)

FIG. 2. Differen t duplex states of Eq. (2) ( L = 2) for an
ensem ble of 50 oscillators in each la y er with color-co ded cou-
pling w eights κ µ
ij (upp er panels, color co de as in Fig.1), phases
φ µ
j (lo wer panels): Duplex one-cluster states (a) of lifted
spla y type ( R 2 ( a µ ) = 0) for α 12 / 21 = 0 . 3 π , σ 12 / 21 = 0 . 07;
(b) of lifted an tip o dal type ( R 2 ( a µ ) = 1) for α 12 = 0 . 3 π ,
α 21 = 0 . 75 π , σ 12 / 21 = 0 . 62; (c) of double an tido dal type (not
a lifted state) for α 12 / 21 = 0 . 05 π , σ 12 / 21 = 0 . 28; (d) of lifted
spla y type for α 12 = 0 . 3 π , α 21 = 0 . 4 π , σ 12 / 21 = 0 . 8, and
 = 0 . 01. In the low er panels phase differences b et ween the
t wo la y ers are indicated by ∆ a ≡ a 1
i − a 2
i , and b etw een the
t wo new an tip o dal states (c) by ψ 1 , ψ 2 .
the other states as w ell:
˙
δ φ µ
i = 1
N
N
X
j =1  sin(∆ a + β µ ) cos(∆ a + α µµ )∆ µµ
ij δ φ −
sin(∆ a + α µµ ) δ κ µ
ij  −
M
X
ν =1
σ µν cos(∆ a + α µν )∆ µν
ij δ φ,
˙
δ κ µ
ij = −   δ κ µ
ij + cos(∆ a + β µ )∆ µµ
ij δ φ  (4)
where ∆ µν
ij δ φ ≡ δ φ µ
i − δ φ ν
j .
In duplex net w orks, the coupling structure is giv en by
a 2 × 2 blo c k matrix M with the N × N unit y matrix I N :
M =  A m · I N
n · I N B  . (5)
If A and B are diagonalizable N × N matrices whic h
comm ute ( m, n ∈ R , n 6 = 0), the follo wing relation for
the c haracteristic p olynomial can b e prov en [102] using
Sc h ur’s decomp osition [96, 97]:
µ 2 − (( d A ) i + ( d B ) i ) µ + ( d A ) i ( d B ) i − mn = 0 (6)
where ( d A ) i and ( d B ) i are the diagonal elemen ts of the
corresp onding diagonal matrices of A and B , resp ectiv ely .
Note that Eq. (6) not only simplifies the calculation for

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φ µ
j
i
R 2
2 π
0
π
10
10
10 5
5
5
1
0 . 8
0 . 6
0 . 4
0 . 2
0 0 0 . 511 . 5
π ψ 1 ψ 2
π
j
h R 2 ( φ 2 ) i
h R 2 ( φ 1 ) i
σ c σ

FIG. 3. Birth of double an tip o dal state in a duplex net work
( N = 12) for a wide range of inter-la y er coupling strength
σ = σ 12 = σ 21 . The solid lines are the temporal av erages
for the second momen t order parameter R 2 of the individual
la yers (la y er 1: blac k, la yer 2: red). The error bars for σ < σ c
denote the standard deviation of the temp oral ev olution of
R 2 . The dashed horizon tal lines represent the unique v alues
of R 2 for the double an tip o dal state in a monoplex netw ork.
The plot w as obtained by adiabatic con tin uation of a duplex
double an tip o dal state (see inset) in b oth directions starting
from σ = 0 . 5. P arameters: α 11 / 22 = 0 . 3 π , α 12 / 21 = 0 . 05,
β 1 = 0 . 1 π , β 2 = − 0 . 95 π , and  = 0 . 01.
the eigen v alues in the case of a duplex structure, more-
o v er, it is a general result on linear dynamical systems on
duplex net w orks. Therefore, this result is imp ortan t for
the in v estigation of stabilit y and symmetry in m ultiplex
net w orks.
In the case of a duplex an tip o dal one-cluster state
Eq. (1) with a 1
i ∈ { 0 , π } and a 2
i = a 1
i − ∆ a ,
Eq. (4) can b e brought to the form (5) and pos-
sesses the follo wing set of Ly apuno v exp onents S =
{− , ( λ i, 1 , λ i, 2 , λ i, 3 , λ i, 4 ) i =1 ,...,N } where λ i, 1 ,..., 4 are the
solutions of p olynomials con taining the eigenv alues of the
monoplex system [102].
Th us, the stabilit y analysis of the duplex system is
reduced to that of the monoplex case. W e are able to
analyze the stabilizing and destabilizing features of a du-
plex net w ork n umerically and analytically . T o illustrate
the effect of m ultiplexing, the in teraction b etw een t w o
clusters of an tip o dal type is presented in Fig. 4. The sta-
bilit y of these states is determined by in tegrating Eq. (1)
n umerically starting with a sligh tly p erturb ed lifted an-
tip o dal state. The states are stable if the n umerical tra-
jectory is approac hing the lifted an tip o dal state. Oth-
erwise, the state is considered as unstable. The blac k
con tour lines in Fig. 4 sho w the b orders of the stability
regions in dep endence of the coupling strength σ 21 , as
calculated from the Ly apuno v exp onen ts. The b orders
are in remark able agreemen t with the numerical results.
In Figure 4, the parameters for the first lay er α 11 , β 1
are c hosen suc h that the an tip o dal state is stable without
in ter-la y er coupling. The stabilit y of the duplex an tip o-
dal states is displa y ed in the ( α 22 , β 2 ) parameter plane for
sev eral v alues of the in ter-la y er coupling σ 21 (the stabil-
σ 21
σ 12 = 0 . 3 σ 12 = 0
β 2 /π β 2 /π
α 22 /π
(a) (b)

FIG. 4. Regions of stability (blue) and instabilit y (white)
of the lifted an tip o dal state in the ( α 22 , β 2 ) parameter plane
for differen t v alues of in terla y er coupling (indicated by differ-
en t blue shading) σ 21 , where regions of stronger coupling σ 21
(ligh ter blue) include such of w eak er σ 21 (darker blue). Stabil-
it y regions for single-lay er an tip o dal clusters are indicated b y
red hatc hed areas. The in ter-lay er coupling is considered as
(a) unidirectional ( σ 12 = 0) and (b) bidirectional ( σ 12 = σ 21 ).
P arameters: α 11 = 0 . 2 π , β 1 = − 0 . 8 π , α 12 = 0, α 21 = 0 . 3 π ,
and  = 0 . 01.
it y regions for smaller v alues of σ 21 are alw a ys con tained
in regions of larger ones). T o compare the effects of the
duplex net w ork with the mono-la y er case, the stability
regions for monoplex an tip o dals states are display ed as
red hatc hed areas. They are mark edly differen t. In Fig-
ure 4(a), the tw o lay ers are connected unidirectionally
( σ 12 = 0). It can b e seen that with increasing in ter-lay er
coupling w eigh t σ 21 the region of stabilit y for the lifted
an tip o dal state also grows. Already for small v alues of
the in ter-la y er couplings σ 21 , a stabilizing effect of the
duplex net w ork can b e noticed. F or σ = 0 . 1 there exist
already regions for whic h the duplex an tip o dal state is
stable but the corresp onding monoplex state w ould not
b e stable. The opp osite effect is found as w ell where the
duplex net w ork destabilizes a lifted state. Figure 4(b)
sho ws the results for t w o la y ers with bidirectional cou-
pling. Here, the duplex structure can ha v e stabilizing and
destabilizing effects. F urther, for the bidirectional cou-
pling w e also notice a gro wth of the stabilit y region with
increasing σ 21 similar to the unidirectional case. Ho w-
ev er, the regions of stabilit y gro w at different r ates in de-
p endence on σ 21 and non-monotonically with resp ect to
the parameters α 22 , β 2 . Comparing the size of the stabil-
it y region for b oth cases, one can see that for small v alues
of σ 21 the region for bidirectional coupling is larger. In
turn, for higher in ter-la y er coupling, the regions for the
unidirectional case are larger.
In conclusion, we ha ve proposed a concept to induce
div erse partial sync hronization patterns (phase clusters)
in adaptiv ely coupled phase oscillator net w orks. While
adaptiv e net w orks ha v e recen tly attracted a lot of atten-
tion in the fields of neuro- and so cial sciences, biology ,
engineering, and other disciplines, and m ultila y er net-
w orks are a paradigm for real-w orld complex net w orks,
little has b een kno wn ab out the interpla y of multila yer
structures and adaptivit y . W e ha v e aimed to fill this gap

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within a rigorous framew ork of theoretical analysis and
computer sim ulations. W e ha v e sho wn that m ultiplex-
ing in a m ultila y er with symmetry can induce v arious
stable phase cluster states lik e spla y states, an tip o dal
states, and double an tip o dal states, in a situation where
they are not stable or do not ev en exist in the single
la y er. F urther, w e ha v e dev elop ed a no v el metho d for
analysis of Laplacian matrices of duplex net w orks whic h
allo ws for insigh t in to the sp ectral structure of these net-
w orks, and can easily b e generalized to more than t w o
la y ers [102]. This new approac h of m ultiplex decomp o-
sition has a broad range of applications to ph ysical, bio-
logical, so cio-economic, and tec hnological systems, rang-
ing from plasticit y in neuro dynamics or the dynamics
of linear diffusiv e systems [98, 99] to generalizations of
the master stabilit y approac h [100, 101] for adaptiv e net-
w orks [102]. W e ha v e used the m ultiplex decomp osition
to pro vide analytic results for the stabilit y of lifted states
in the m ultila y er system. As lo cal dynamics w e ha v e
used the paradigmatic Kuramoto phase oscillator mo del,
supplemen ted b y adaptivit y of the link strengths with a
phase lag parameter whic h can mo del a whole range of
adaptivit y rules from Hebbian via spik e-timing dep en-
den t plasticit y to an ti-Hebbian.
This w ork w as supp orted b y the German Research
F oundation DF G (Pro jects SCHO 307/15-1 and Y A
225/3-1 and Pro jektnummer - 163436311 - SFB 910). W e
thank Serhiy Y anc h uk for insightful discussions.
∗ rico.b erner@ph ysik.tu-b erlin.de
† sc ho [email protected]
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