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Area of Science:

  • Complex Networks
  • Dynamical Systems
  • Statistical Physics

Background:

  • Triadic percolation models network dynamics.
  • Unimodal maps describe these dynamics effectively.
  • Understanding local nonlinearity is key to network universality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a map-agnostic method for probing local nonlinearity in triadic percolation.
  • To connect network universality classes to the order of nonlinearity.
  • To provide a practical tool for analyzing higher-order networks.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzing the geometry of superstable cycles in the effective one-dimensional unimodal map.
  • Calculating the scaling of cycle points relative to the map maximum.
  • Using Lyapunov spectra to confirm the one-dimensional reduction.

Main Results:

  • The distance to cycle points scales with a power law |Δp|^{γ}, where γ=1/z.
  • The nonflat order 'z' of the map's maximum determines this scaling.
  • This method successfully classifies universality across different unimodal families and triadic ensembles.

Conclusions:

  • Cycle geometry offers a direct probe of local nonlinearity, independent of the specific map.
  • The nonflat order 'z' can be determined from network properties, linking to universality classes.
  • This diagnostic tool facilitates the classification of universality in complex, higher-order networks.