mathematical models of love & happiness
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Mathematical Models of Love & Happiness. J. C. Sprott Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison Presented to the UW-Madison Math Club in Madison, Wisconsin on October 21, 2002. Disclaimers. It’s Strogatz’ fault. This is not serious psychology. The Mathematics. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mathematical Models of Love & Happiness
J. C. SprottDepartment of Physics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Presented to the
UW-Madison Math Club
in Madison, Wisconsin
on October 21, 2002
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Disclaimers
It’s Strogatz’ fault
This is not serious psychology
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The Mathematics
R is Romeo’s love for Juliet(or hate if negative)
J is Juliet’s love for Romeo
dR/dt = aR + bJ
a and b describe Romeo’s “Romantic Style”
The simplest linear model is
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Some “Romantic Styles”
dR/dt = aR + bJ a=0 (out of touch with own feelings)
b=0 (oblivious to other’s feelings)
a>0, b>0 (eager beaver)
a>0, b<0 (narcissistic nerd)
a<0, b>0 (cautious lover)
a<0, b<0 (hermit)
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What about Juliet?
dJ/dt = cR + dJ
She has her own style
4 parameters with 3 choicesfor each gives 81 different romantic pairings
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Both out of touch with their own feelings
dR/dt = aR + bJ
dJ/dt = cR + dJ
Four subclasses:
b > 0, c > 0 (mutual love fest or war)
b > 0, c < 0 (never-ending cycle)
b < 0, c > 0 (never-ending cycle)
b < 0, c < 0 (unrequited love)
0
0
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Out of touch with their own feelings (continued)
b > 0, c > 0 b < 0, c < 0 b > 0, c < 0
Two lovers
Love fest (or war)
Two nerds
Unrequited love
Nerd + lover
Never-ending cycle
War
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With Self-Awarenessand bc < 0 (nerd + lover)
a + d < -2|bc|1/2 a + d < 0 a + d > 0
Extremely cautious
Rapid apathy
Somewhat cautious
Eventual apathy
Overly eager
Growing volatility
(The only equilibrium is apathy)
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Fire and Water(Do opposites attract?) Take c = -b and d = -a
Result depends on a, c, and the
initial conditions
Can end up in any quadrant
Or with a steady oscillation
But never apathy
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Peas in a Pod(Are clones bored or blissful?)
Take c = b and d = a
Result depends on a, b, and the
initial conditions
Can end up in any quadrant
Or at the origin (boredom)
But no oscillations
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Romeo the Robot(How does Juliet react?) Take a = b = 0 (dR/dt = 0) dJ/dt = cR + dJ There is an equilibrium at J = -cR/d Can be either love or hate
depending on signs of R, c, and d Stable if d < 0, unstable if d > 0 Her feelings never die No oscillations are possible
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A Love Triangle
Romeo has a mistress, Guinevere Guinevere and Juliet don’t know
about one another Romeo responds to each with the
same romantic style (same a and b) Guinevere’s hate has the same
effect on his feelings for Juliet as does Juliet’s love, and vice versa
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Love Triangle Equations
dRJ/dt = aRJ + b(J - G)
dJ/dt = cRJ + dJ
dRG/dt = aRG + b(G - J)
dG/dt = eRG + fG
System is 4D (4 variables)
There are 6 parameters
System is linear (no chaos)
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Love Triangle Examples
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Romeo’s Fate Averaged over all romantic styles (64
combinations of parameters) and 64
initial conditions: 37% loves Juliet & hates Guinevere
37% loves Guinevere & hates Juliet
6% loves both (2% everyone in love)
6% hates both (2% everyone in hate)
14% apathy (10% everyone apathetic)
Anything can happen!
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Effect of NonlinearitiesReplace ax with ax(1-|x|) (logistic function)
x
axax(1 - |x|)
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New kinds of Dynamics
New equilibrium points Limit cycles
(but no chaos in 2D)
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One Chaotic Solution of Nonlinear Love Triangle
“Strange attractor of love”
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Simple 2D Linear Model dR/dt = aR + bJ
dJ/dt = cR + dJ
d2R/dt2 + dR/dt + 2R = 0 = -a - d (damping) 2 = ad - bc (frequency)
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Solutions of 2-D Linear System
Time
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d2x/dt2 + dx/dt + 2x = F(t)
Happiness: H = dx/dt Habituation Acclimation Adaptation
Only changes are perceived
Happiness Model
Damping Oscillation External forces
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What is x? x = integral of H x is what others perceive In the love model x is what
the other feels H (your happiness) must
average to zero (with positive damping)
x does not average to zero
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Winning the Lottery
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Drug or Other Addiction
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Intermittent Reinforcement
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Random Events
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Real Life
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Parameter Space
2
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Nonlinearities There are many possibilities. Try dx/dt --> (1 - x2)dx/dt This gives growth for small x and
damping for large x. The resulting equation was studied
by van der Pol (1926). Oscillations occur even without an
external force. It has been used to model a variety
of nonlinear oscillators.
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Bipolar Behavior
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Periodically Driven Chaos
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Happiness Attractor
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Autonomous Chaos
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Happiness Attractor #2
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Some Implications Constant happiness is an
unrealistic goal. Others see less volatility in you and
often wrongly conclude how you feel.
Individuals can be categorized by their values of and .
Bipolar disorders may correspond to negative or small .
Long prison terms may be ineffective.
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Some other happiness studies
Brickman, Coates & Janoff-Bulman (1978) report only small differences in life satisfaction between paraplegics, control subjects, and lottery winners.
Lykken (1981) reports that religious people are not noticeably happier than freethinkers.
Diener & Diener (1996) review studies indicating that all American socioeconomic groups score above neutral in life satisfaction, as do people with severe disabilities.
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Studies involving disabilities
Hellmich (1995) reports that 84%
of individuals with extreme
quadriplegia say that their life is
average or above average.
Delespaul & DeVries (1987) report
that people with chronic mental
problems claim positive well-being.
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Studies of the dynamics Silver (1982) reports that individuals with
spinal cord injuries are very unhappy
immediately following their injury, but
that 58% state that happiness is their
strongest emotion by the third week after
their injuries.
Suh, Diener, & Fujita (1996) report that
good and bad events have almost no
effect on happiness after 6 months.
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In Summary ...(Lykken 1999)
There seem to be no permanent ups and downs; natural selection has made us this way, because, by accommodating to both adversity and to good fortune in this fashion, we remain more productive, more adaptable to changing circumstances, and more likely to have viable offspring.
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Other Similar Qualities Sense of wealth Health Beauty Intelligence Spirituality Skills Senses
hot/cold smell vision hearing ...
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Summary
Love and happiness are wonderful
So is mathematics
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References http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/ lectu
res/love&hap/ (This talk)
Steven H. Strogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (Addison-Wesley, 1994)
Collaborations are welcome!