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Intrinsic simplicity of complex systems

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Predicting the large-scale behaviour of complex systems is challenging because of their underlying nonlinear dynamics. Theoretical evidence now verifies that many complex systems can be simplified and still provide an insightful description of the phenomena of interest.

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Fig. 1: Dimension reduction of high-dimensional systems.

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I acknowledge the support of the US National Science Foundation under grant #2047488.

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    Jianxi Gao

  2. Network Science and Technology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

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Gao, J. Intrinsic simplicity of complex systems. Nat. Phys. 20, 184–185 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02268-0

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