NUMERELE

NATURII
CHAPTER 7: THE
RHYTHM OF LIFE
NATURE IS NOTHING IF NOT RHYTHMIC Oscillator’s mathematical
concept is organizing principle
behind many such biological
cycles which causes the
behavior to repeat over and over
again.
Examples of oscillatory
motions:

● A caged tiger pace up

and down.
● A violin string cannot
remain still because the
strings has been plucked.

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Eberhard Hopf (German Mathematician)
◦ “Bifurcation”
◦ - describes the natural state or the mental image
of what is happening around our surroundings.
◦ “Periodic Oscillation or movements”
● “Symmetry Breaking”
○ Translations
○ Reflections

Examples:
1. A ripple on a pond
2. A clarinetist blowing soft airs through
the clarinet

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The symmetry broken can be “all time
translations”

● Milton Hildebrand, an American zoologist noticed

that most gaits possess a degree of symmetry. The
bounding gait preserves the animal’s bilateral
symmetry when an animal bounds

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2 Oscillation
Pattern

● The In
Phase

“
Pattern
Example:
● The Out of
Phase A network representing the CPG of a biped requires only two
Pattern
identical oscillators for each legs.
Quadrupled
❏ The simplest model is now a system of four coupled oscillators for each leg.

Symmetry Breaking Theory Most Common Quadrupedal Gaits

❏ explains how animals can change gait without having

gearbox.
Synchronous Flashing of Fireflies

◦ Fireflies is synchronize flashing and

they can light up the whole tree.

◦ Mirollo and Strogatz proved that all the

oscillators are become synchronized.

◦ Nature’s rhythm is linked to symmetry

both locomotion and synchronization

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