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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems Analysis
  • Statistical Physics
  • Network Science

Background:

  • Complex systems exhibit critical thresholds leading to abrupt state changes.
  • Early-warning signals are crucial for predicting these transitions and system proximity to critical points.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate multifractal and geometrical properties of magnetization time series near critical points.
  • To identify novel early-warning signals for phase transitions in complex systems.

Main Methods:

  • Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) applied to magnetization time series.
  • Visibility graph method used to analyze network properties of the time series.
  • Analysis of generalized Hurst exponents and singularity spectrum to uncover multifractality.

Main Results:

  • Multifractality was confirmed in time series near the critical point.
  • Long-term correlations and broad probability density functions were identified as sources of multifractality.
  • Heterogeneous network structures validated fractal properties, and evolving topological quantities served as early-warning signals.

Conclusions:

  • MF-DFA and visibility graph methods provide new insights into phase transition analysis.
  • Evolving topological network properties and multifractality changes act as effective early-warning signals.
  • These approaches can be applied to diverse complex systems for predicting critical transitions.