非扩散洛伦兹系统的周期轨道

混沌系统的奇怪吸引子是由无数条周期轨道稠密覆盖构成的,周期轨道是非线性动力系统中除不动点之外最简单的不变集,它不仅能够体现出混沌运动的所有特征,而且和系统振荡的产生与变化密切相关,因此分析复杂系统的动力学行为时获取周期轨道具有重要意义.本文系统地研究了非扩散洛伦兹系统一定拓扑长度以内的周期轨道,提出一种基于轨道的拓扑结构来建立一维符号动力学的新方法,通过变分法数值计算轨道显得很稳定.寻找轨道初始化时,两条轨道片段能够被用作基本的组成单元,基于整条轨道的结构进行拓扑分类的方式显得很有效.此外,讨论了周期轨道随着参数变化时的形变情况,为研究轨道的周期演化规律提供了新途径.本研究可为在其他类似的混沌体系中找到并且系统分类周期轨道提供一种可借鉴的方法.     

Topological classification of periodic orbits in Lorenz system

We systematically investigate the periodic orbits of the Lorenz flow up to certain topological length. As an alternative to Poincare′ section map analysis, we propose a new approach for establishing one-dimensional symbolic dynamics based on the topological structure of the orbit. A newly designed variational method is stable numerically for cycle searching,and two orbital fragments can be used as basic building blocks for initialization. The topological classification based on the entire orbital structure is revealed to be effective. The deformation of periodic orbits with the change of parameters provides a chart to the periods of cycles. The current research may provide a methodology for finding and systematically classifying periodic orbits in other similar chaotic flows.