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Death by delay

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Figure 1: A self-sustained oscillation in voltage, concentration or some other physical variable is represented geometrically by a limit cycle.
Figure 2: Two limit-cycle oscillators, with a time-delayed coupling1.

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Strogatz, S. Death by delay. Nature 394, 316–317 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/28488

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