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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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SYNCHRONY (Symmetry breaking in) 2)

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Synchrony is not necessarily always symmetric.

S. STROGATZ and I. STEWART explain this: "Symmetry breaking governs the ways that coupled oscillators can behave. Synchrony is the most symmetrical single state, but as the strength of the coupling between oscillators changes, other states may appear. Two oscillators can couple in either synchronous or antisynchronous fashion,… corresponding roughly to the bipedal locomotion of a kangaroo or a person. Three oscillators can couple in four ways: synchrony; each one third of a cycle out of phase with the others…; two synchronous and one with an unrelated phase,… or in the peculiar rhythm of two ocillators antisynchronous and the third running twice as fast… This pattern is also the gait of a person walking slowly with the aid of a stick" (1993, p.72).

A growing variety of combinations can be produced by a growing number of coupled oscillators.

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