A new finding of the existence of Feigenbaum’s constants in the fractional-order Chen–Lee system

This paper examines the universal quantitative properties of the fractional- and integer-order Chen?CLee systems. A?series of bifurcation diagrams of the system were generated in order to measure Feigenbaum??s constants. It was found that the measured values of the integer-order system were accurately approaching their universal constants, while the errors between measured values of the fractional-order system and the universal constants were not very large. The results showed that both the fractional- and integer-order Chen?CLee systems belonged to a quadratic map. To the authors?? knowledge, this is the first paper to measure Feigenbaum??s constants in fractional-order systems.     

Partially unstable attractors in networks of forced integrate-and-fire oscillators

The asymptotic attractors of a nonlinear dynamical system play a key role in the long-term physically observable behaviors of the system. The study of attractors and the search for distinct types of attractor have been a central task in nonlinear dynamics. In smooth dynamical systems, an attractor is often enclosed completely in its basin of attraction with a finite distance from the basin boundary. Recent works have uncovered that, in neuronal networks, unstable attractors with a remote basin can arise, where almost every point on the attractor is locally transversely repelling. Herewith we report our discovery of a class of attractors: partially unstable attractors, in pulse-coupled integrate-and-fire networks subject to a periodic forcing. The defining feature of such an attractor is that it can simultaneously possess locally stable and unstable sets, both of positive measure. Exploiting the structure of the key dynamical events in the network, we develop a symbolic analysis that can fully explain the emergence of the partially unstable attractors. To our knowledge, such exotic attractors have not been reported previously, and we expect them to arise commonly in biological networks whose dynamics are governed by pulse (or spike) generation.     

Detecting unstable periodic orbits and unstable quasiperiodic orbits in vibro-impact systems

In this paper, unstable dynamics is considered for the models of vibro-impact systems with linear differential equations coupled to an impact map. To provide a skeleton for the organization of chaotic attractors, we propose a method for detecting unstable periodic orbits embedded in chaotic attractors through a combination of unconstrained optimization technique and Poincaré map. Three numerical examples from different vibro-impact models demonstrate that the strategy can efficiently detect unstable periodic orbits in chaotic attractors. In order to explore the mechanism responsible for the creation of multi-dimensional tori attractors, we also present another method to detect unstable quasiperiodic orbits embedded multi-dimensional tori attractors by examining a specially transient time series. The upper bound and lower bound of the transient time series (in the Poincaré map) can be obtained by analyzing transient Lyapunov exponent and transient Lyapunov dimension. Some examples verify the effectiveness of the numerical algorithm.     

The fractal structure of attractor for the generalized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equations

I.IntroductionSincethereexistspectralbarriersandspectralgapconditions,theexistenceofaninertialmanifoldformanynonlineardissipativeevolutionequationsisstillamystery.Recently,Edenetal[5]havediscoveredthatfornonlinearsemigroup,definedbynonlineardissipativeevolutionequationsincludingZDNavier-Stokesequations,thereexistsatinliefractaldimensionalinertialsetwhichmayberepresentedbyaunionoffractillsetsandattractor,ifitisLipschitzcontinuousandissqueezingonacompacti,ositiveinvariantset.Ontileotherhand,S…     

Non-observable chaos in piecewise smooth systems

In the present paper, we discuss bifurcations of chaotic attractors in piecewise smooth one-dimensional maps with a high number of switching manifolds. As an example, we consider models of DC/AC power electronic converters (inverters). We demonstrate that chaotic attractors in the considered class of models may contain parts of a very low density, which are unlikely to be observed, neither in physical experiments nor in numerical simulations. We explain how the usual bifurcations of chaotic attractors (merging, expansion and final bifurcations) in piecewise smooth maps with a high number of switching manifolds occur in a specific way, involving low-density parts of attractors, and how this leads to an unusual shape of the bifurcation diagrams.     

Influence of Initial Conditions on the Postcritical Behavior of a Nonlinear Aeroelastic System

The behavior of a nonlinear, non-Hamiltonian system in the postcritical (flutter) domain is studied with special attention to the influence of initial conditions on the properties of attractors situated at a certain point of the control parameter space. As a prototype system, an elastic panel is considered that is subjected to a combination of supersonic gas flow and quasistatic loading in the middle surface. A two natural modes approximation, resulting in a four-dimensional phase space and several control parameters is considered in detail. For two fixed points in the control parameter space, several plane sections of the four-dimensional space of initial conditions are presented and the asymptotic behavior of the final stationary responses are identified. Amongst the latter there are stable periodic orbits, both symmetric and asymmetric with respect to the origin, as well as chaotic attractors. The mosaic structure of the attraction basins is observed. In particular, it is shown that even for neighboring initial conditions can result in distinctly different nonstationary responses asymptotically approach quite different types of attractors. A number of closely neighboring periodic attractors are observed, separated by Hopf bifurcations. Periodic attractors also are observed under special initial conditions in the domains where chaotic behavior is usually expected.     

Criteria for Strong and Weak Random Attractors

The theory of random attractors has different notions of attraction, amongst them pullback attraction and weak attraction. We investigate necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of pullback attractors as well as of weak attractors.      

A new technique to generate independent periodic attractors in the state space of nonlinear dynamic systems

This paper proposes a method to generate several independent periodic attractors, in continuous-time nonchaotic systems (with an equilibrium point or a limit cycle), based on a switching piecewise-constant controller. We demonstrate here that the state space equidistant repartition of these attractors is on a precise zone of a precise curve that depends on the parameters of the system. We determine the state space domains where the attractors are generated from different initial conditions. A mathematical formula giving their maximal number in function of the controller piecewise-constant values is then deduced. Throughout this study, the proposed methodology is illustrated with several examples.     

An example of PDE with two attractors

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Bifurcations and chaos in parametrically excited single-degree-of-freedom systems

The behavior of single-degree-of-freedom systems possessing quadratic and cubic nonlinearities subject to parametric excitation is investigated. Both fundamental and principal parametric resonances are considered. A global bifurcation diagram in the excitation amplitude and excitation frequency domain is presented showing different possible stable steady-state solutions (attractors). Fractal basin maps for fundamental and principal parametric resonances when three attractors coexist are presented in color. An enlargement of one region of the map for principal parametric resonance reveals a Cantor-like set of fractal boundaries. For some cases, both periodic and chaotic attractors coexist.     

Flexibility and attractors in context: family emotion socialization patterns and children's emotion regulation in late childhood

Familial emotion socialization practices relate to children's emotion regulation (ER) skills in late childhood, however, we have more to learn about how the context and structure of these interactions relates to individual differences in children's ER. The present study examined flexibility and attractors in family emotion socialization patterns in three different conversational contexts and their relation to ER in 8-12 year olds. Flexibility was defined as dispersion across the repertoire of discrete emotion words and emotion socialization functions (emotion coaching, dismissing, and elaboration) in family conversation, whereas attractors were defined as the average duration per visit to each of these three emotion socialization functions using state space grid analysis. It was hypothesized that higher levels of flexibility in emotion socialization would buffer children's ER from the presence of maladaptive attractors, or the absence of adaptive attractors, in family emotion conversation. Flexibility was generally adaptive, related to children's higher ER across all contexts, and also buffered children from maladaptive attractors in select situations. Findings suggest that the study of dynamic interaction patterns in context may reveal adaptive versus maladaptive socialization processes in the family that can inform basic and applied research on children's regulatory problems.     

Attractors of non-Newtonian fluids

The existence of global attractors is demonstrated for the dynamical systems generated by motions of nonlinear bipolar and non-Newtonian viscous fluids and upper bounds are obtained for the Hausdorff and fractal dimensions of the attractors for the bipolar case.     

Impulsive control of chaotic attractors in nonlinear chaotic systems

Based on the study from both domestic and abroad, an impulsive control scheme on chaotic attractors in one kind of chaotic system is presented. By applying impulsive control theory of the universal equation, the asymptotically stable condition of impulsive control on chaotic attractors in such kind of nonlinear chaotic system has been deduced, andwith it, the upper bond of the impulse interval for asymptotically stable control was given.Numerical results are presented, which are considered with important reference value for control of chaotic attractors.     

Selection of multi-scroll attractors in Jerk circuits and their verification using Pspice

In this paper, a feasible feedback scheme is used to stabilize the multi-scroll attractors in the Jerk circuit, and the controller is realized using mixed Heaviside function. It is found that arbitrary number ( $n=2, 3, 4, 5,{\ldots }$ ) of multi-scroll attractors can be selected from a controlled Jerk circuit, and these multi-scroll attractors can be reproduced using Pspice. The implementation of circuit and controller using Pspice is also presented. The potential mechanism could be that an external forcing in the Sine type is practical to generate a group of equilibrium points, and a linear controller composed of Heaviside function is effective to stabilize the $n$ -scroll attractors in the chaotic systems.     

齿轮传动系统共存吸引子的不连续分岔

大量的多吸引子共存是引起齿轮传动系统具有丰富动力学行为的一个重要因素.多吸引子共存时,运动工况的变化以及不可避免的扰动都可能导致齿轮传动系统在不同运动行为之间跳跃变换,对整个机器产生不良的影响.目前,一些隐藏的吸引子没有被发现,共存吸引子的分岔演化规律没有被完全揭示.考虑单自由度直齿圆柱齿轮传动系统,构建由局部映射复合的Poincaré映射,给出Jacobi矩阵特征值计算的半解析法.应用数值仿真、延拓打靶法和Floquet特征乘子求解共存吸引子的稳定性与分岔,应用胞映射法计算共存吸引子的吸引域,讨论啮合频率、阻尼比和时变激励幅值对系统动力学的影响,揭示齿轮传动系统倍周期型擦边分岔、亚临界倍周期分岔诱导的鞍结分岔和边界激变等不连续分岔行为.倍周期分岔诱导的鞍结分岔引起相邻周期吸引子相互转迁的跳跃与迟滞,使倍周期分岔呈现亚临界特性.鞍结分岔是共存周期吸引子出现或消失的主要原因.边界激变引起混沌吸引子及其吸引域突然消失,对应周期吸引子的分岔终止.     

Global attractor of 2D autonomous g-Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, the existence of global attractors for the 2D autonomous g-Navier-Stokes equations on multi-connected bounded domains is investigated under the general assumptions of boundaries. The estimation of the Hausdorff dimensions for global attractors is given.     

Dynamical analysis of the generalized Sprott C system with only two stable equilibria

A generalized Sprott C system with only two stable equilibria is investigated by detailed theoretical analysis as well as dynamic simulation, including some basic dynamical properties, Lyapunov exponent spectra, fractal dimension, bifurcations, and routes to chaos. In the parameter space where the equilibria of the system are both asymptotically stable, chaotic attractors coexist with period attractors and stable equilibria. Moreover, the existence of singularly degenerate heteroclinic cycles for a suitable choice of the parameters is investigated. Periodic solutions and chaotic attractors can be found when these cycles disappear.     

SET VALUE MAPPING AND ITS APPLICATION

The dynamics of set value mapping is considered. For the upper semi-continuous set value maps, the existence of attractors under some conditions and the upper semicontinuity of attractors under the perturbation are proved. Its application in numerical simulation of differential equation is also considered. The upper semi-continuity of attractors in set value maps under the perturbation is used to show the reasonable of subdivision algorithm and interval arithmetic in numerical simulation of differential equation.