2412.17093
Stability and synchronisation in modelling an oscillatory stochastic reaction network
Frederick Truman-Williams
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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Audit review
The paper’s Theorem D is proved via Newman’s synchronization framework using two-point contractibility and negative conditioned top Lyapunov exponent, with all required ingredients established (Q-process, quasi-ergodicity, Oseledets theorem). By contrast, the model’s proof hinges on a non-justified upgrade from λ1<0 (for Qν-a.e. orbit) to uniform-in-x exponential contraction of sup_x||Dϕ_n|| via a semi-uniform subadditive ergodic theorem on a non-compact i.i.d. base; this step is not supported by the paper’s hypotheses and, without additional structure, is generally false. The model also over-claims shrinking of the full-fibre images and convergence for all initial measures.
Referee report (LaTeX)
\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions \textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid \textbf{Justification:} The manuscript integrates quasi-ergodicity, conditioned Lyapunov exponents, and synchronization criteria to obtain a clean global result for a chemically motivated stochastic system with absorbing states. The structure is sound and the main arguments are correct, with clear references to supporting theorems. Minor clarifications to notation and a brief, explicit summary of assumptions required by Newman’s theorem would further aid the reader.