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Use the period-one inner product $⟨Y,V⟩={\int }_0^{1}Y(\sigma )\cdot V(\sigma )d\sigma$. Periodic integration by parts gives ${\hat{L}}^{\ast }Y=-Y^{\prime }-DF(U{)}^{\mathsf{T}}Y$. Let $Y$ span this adjoint null space and normalize ${\int }_0^{1}Y\cdot U^{\prime }d\sigma =1$. For oscillator $i$, write $s=\sigma +{\theta }_i(\tau )$. Then ${\partial }_{\tau }{u}_{i,0}={\theta }_i^{\prime }{U}^{\prime }(s)$ and ${\partial }_{\sigma }{u}_{i,0}=U^{\prime }(s)$.

The Fredholm solvability condition makes the forcing in the order-$ϵ$ equation orthogonal to $Y(s)$. Its intrinsic and frequency terms integrate to ${\xi }_i-{\Omega }_1-{\theta }_i^{\prime }$, whereVoltage-only coupling contributesThus withthe complete phase equation isPeriodicity makes these formulae independent of the absolute initial phase. The adjoint function is a phase response function; it projects a small perturbation of each state component onto its accumulated phase change. The subtraction of $h(0)$ ensures zero coupling between identical phases, as required by the original voltage differences. The source's reference to its equation (1) is read as the uncoupled cycle equation, numbered (3) on the actual page.

Near a hyperbolic attracting limit cycle, a weak perturbation can be projected onto the neutral phase direction while transverse perturbations decay. Solving the periodic adjoint variational equation gives a phase response function. Averaging its inner product with weak forcing or coupling yields the first-order phase dynamics.

A periodic phase response function describes the first-order phase shift produced by a perturbation along a limit cycle. With period-one orbit $U$, choose the periodic adjoint solution normalized by ${\int }_0^{1}Y\cdot U^{\prime }ds=1$. The Fredholm solvability condition then projects forcing $p$ to ${\int }_0^{1}Y\cdot pds$. For voltage-difference coupling, the averaged interaction is $h(\varphi )={\int }_0^1{Y}^1(s)U^1(s+\varphi )ds$.