The equilibrium of neural firing: A mathematical theory
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Abstract
Inspired by statistical thermodynamics, we presume that neuron system has equilibrium condition with respect to neural firing. We show that, even with dynamically changeable neural connections, it is inevitable for neural firing to evolve to equilibrium. To study the dynamics between neural firing and neural connections, we propose an extended communication system where noisy channel has the tendency towards fixed point, implying that neural connections are always attracted into fixed points such that equilibrium can be reached. The extended communication system and its mathematics could be useful back in thermodynamics.
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OpenAlex topics: Neural dynamics and brain function · stochastic dynamics and bifurcation · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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Fuyun Research , Beijing, 100055, China
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