Cycle equivalence classes, orthogonal Weingarten calculus, and the mean field theory of memristive systems

Abstract: It has been recently noted that for a class of dynamical systems with explicit conservation laws represented via projector operators the dynamics can be understood in terms of lower dimensional equations This is the case for instance of memristive circuits Memristive systems are important classes of devices with wide ranging applications in electronic circuits artificial neural networks and memory storage We show that such mean field theories can emerge from averages over the group of orthogonal matrices interpreted as cycle preserving transformations applied to the projector operator describing Kirchhoffs laws Our results provide insights into the fundamental principles underlying the behavior of resistive and memristive circuits and highlight the importance of conservation laws for their meanf ield theories In addition we argue that our results shed light on the nature of the critical avalanches observed in quasi-two dimensional nanowires as boundary phenomena