Figure 3.

Plot of distance, Eq. 4 vs time. At the initial time, a nonvanishing distance, dist ≠ 0, accounts for the difference between Fig. 1 a and b. In the course of evolution, the mutual interaction of the two subsystems L₀, Eq. 1, yields identical steady patterns (provided h satisfies condition 3, and time goes to infinity). The numerical calculation is illustrated for three values of h, the parameter characterizing mutual interaction, a = 0.5 and κ = 0.006. Similar behavior occurs for other values of a.