Evolution of the phase of a population of oscillators. Each oscillator is characterized by its phases fi and evolves in time with its own frequency wi. When the coupling is positive the population can end synchronized, i.e., all of them evolve identically in time; otherwise, when the coupling is negative, one gets a state where each oscillator tries to keep the largest possible phase difference with the remaining units.
Interactive
simulation: Java Applet
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some errors)
You can change the intensity of the coupling, normalized.