Dynamical properties and chaos synchronization of a new chaotic complex nonlinear system

In this paper, we introduce a new chaotic complex nonlinear system and study its dynamical properties including invariance, dissipativity, equilibria and their stability, Lyapunov exponents, chaotic behavior, chaotic attractors, as well as necessary conditions for this system to generate chaos. Our system displays 2 and 4-scroll chaotic attractors for certain values of its parameters. Chaos synchronization of these attractors is studied via active control and explicit expressions are derived for the control functions which are used to achieve chaos synchronization. These expressions are tested numerically and excellent agreement is found. A Lyapunov function is derived to prove that the error system is asymptotically stable.     

Bursting generation mechanism in a three-dimensional autonomous system,chaos control,and synchronization in its fractional-order form

The bifurcation mechanism of bursting oscillations in a three-dimensional autonomous slow-fast Kingni et al. system (Nonlinear Dyn. 73, 1111–1123, 2013) and its fractional-order form are investigated in this paper. The stability analysis of the system is carried out assuming that the slow subsystem evolves on quasi-static state. It is reveaved that the bursting oscillations found in the system result from the system switching between the unstable and the stable states of the only equilibrium point of the fast subsystem. We refer this class of bursting to “source/bursting.” The coexistence of symmetrical bursting limit cycles and chaotic bursting attractors is observed. In addition, the fractional-order chaotic slow-fast system is studied. The lowest order of the commensurate form of this system to exhibit chaotic behavior is found to be 2.199. By tuning the commensurate fractional-order, the chaotic slow-fast system displays Chen- and Lorenz-like chaotic attractors, respectively. The stability analysis of the controlled fractional-order-form of the system to its equilibria is undertaken using Routh–Hurwitz conditions for fractional-order systems. Moreover, the synchronization of chaotic bursting oscillations in two identical fractional-order systems is numerically studied using the unidirectional linear error feedback coupling scheme. It is shown that the system can achieve synchronization for appropriate coupling strength. Furthermore, the effect of fractional derivatives orders on chaos control and synchronization is analyzed.     

A novel bounded 4D chaotic system

This paper presents a novel bounded four-dimensional (4D) chaotic system which can display hyperchaos, chaos, quasiperiodic and periodic behaviors, and may have a unique equilibrium, three equilibria and five equilibria for the different system parameters. Numerical simulation shows that the chaotic attractors of the new system exhibit very strange shapes which are distinctly different from those of the existing chaotic attractors. In addition, we investigate the ultimate bound and positively invariant set for the new system based on the Lyapunov function method, and obtain a hyperelliptic estimate of it for the system with certain parameters.     

On the hyperchaotic complex Lü system

The aim of this paper is to introduce the new hyperchaotic complex Lü system. This system has complex nonlinear behavior which is studied and investigated in this work. Numerically the range of parameter values of the system at which hyperchaotic attractors exist is calculated. This new system has a whole circle of equilibria and three isolated fixed points, while the real counterpart has only three isolated ones. The stability analysis of the trivial fixed point is studied. Its dynamics is more rich in the sense that our system exhibits both chaotic and hyperchaotic attractors, as well as periodic and quasi-periodic solutions and solutions that approach fixed points. The nonlinear control method based on Lyapunov function is used to synchronize the hyperchaotic attractors. The control of these attractors is studied. Different forms of hyperchaotic complex Lü systems are constructed using the state feedback controller and complex periodic forcing.     

Multistability induced by two symmetric stable node-foci in modified canonical Chua’s circuit

This paper proposes a modified canonical Chua’s circuit using an one-stage op-amp-based negative impedance converter and an anti-parallel diode pair. Unlike the conventional Chua’s circuit, this modified canonical Chua’s circuit has one unstable zero node-focus and two stable nonzero node-foci, but complex dynamical behaviors including period, chaos, stable point, and coexisting bifurcation modes are numerically revealed and experimentally verified. Up to six kinds of coexisting multiple attractors, i.e., left-right limit cycles, left-right chaotic spiral attractors and left-right point attractors, are numerically depicted and physically captured. Furthermore, with dimensionless Chua’s equations, dynamical properties of the Chua’s system are investigated, and two symmetric stable nonzero node-foci are validated to exist in the selected parameter regions thus resulting in the emergence of multistability. Specially, multistability with six different steady states is revealed in a narrow parameter range. Within this parameter region, three bifurcation routes are displayed under different initial conditions, and three sets of topologically different and disconnected attractors are observed.     

Dissipative chaos, Shilnikov chaos and bursting oscillations in a three-dimensional autonomous system: theory and electronic implementation

A three-dimensional autonomous chaotic system is presented and physically implemented. Some basic dynamical properties and behaviors of this system are described in terms of symmetry, dissipative system, equilibria, eigenvalue structures, bifurcations, and phase portraits. By tuning the parameters, the system displays chaotic attractors of different shapes. For specific parameters, the system exhibits periodic and chaotic bursting oscillations which resemble the conventional heart sound signals. The existence of Shilnikov type of heteroclinic orbit in the three-dimensional system is proven using the undetermined coefficients method. As a result, Shilnikov criterion guarantees that the three-dimensional system has the horseshoe chaos. The corresponding electronic circuit is designed and implemented, exhibiting experimental chaotic attractors in accord with numerical simulations.     

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.     

New class of chaotic systems with equilibrium points like a three-leaved clover

This paper presents a new class of chaotic systems with infinite number of equilibrium points like a three-leaved clover. They signify an exciting class of dynamical systems which represent many major characteristics of regular and chaotic motions. These chaotic systems belong to the general class of chaotic systems with hidden attractors. By using a systematic computer search, three chaotic systems with three-leaved-clover-shaped equilibria were found which are classified into dissipative systems. Dynamics of the chaotic system with the three-leaved-clover-equilibria has been investigated by using phase portraits, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov exponents, Kaplan–Yorke dimension and Poincaré map. Moreover, an electronic circuit implementation of the theoretical system is designed to check its effectiveness. Random number generator design has been realized with newly developed chaotic systems. The obtained random bit sequences are used for image encryption. Security analysis of image encryption processes has been performed.     

Existence of a Singularly Degenerate Heteroclinic Cycle in the Lorenz System and Its Dynamical Consequences: Part I

We prove that the Lorenz system with appropriate choice of parameter values has a specific type of heteroclinic cycle, called a singularly degenerate heteroclinic cycle, that consists of a line of equilibria together with a heteroclinic orbit connecting two of the equilibria. By an arbitrarily small but carefully chosen perturbation to the Lorenz system, we also show that the geometric model of Lorenz attractors formulated by Guckenheimer will bifurcate from it, among other things. Although not proven, one may also expect various other types of chaotic dynamics such as Hénon-like chaotic attractors, Lorenz attractors with hooks which were recently studied by S. Luzzatto and M. Viana [22], and what were observed in the original Lorenz system with large r and small b in the Sparrows book [34]. Our analysis is all done within a family of three dimensional ODEs that contains, as its subfamilies, the Lorenz system, the Rösslers second system and the Shimizu–Morioka system, which are known to exhibit Lorenz-like chaotic dynamics.     

Dynamic analysis of unstable Hopfield networks

In this paper, the dynamic behaviors of unstable Hopfield neural networks (HNNs) with asymmetric connections are studied. It is found that the solution of the HNN is bounded and the HNN is a dissipative system. In addition, sufficient conditions for the instability of the equilibrium point and the existence of stable limit cycles are proposed. Some numerical simulations are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results. It is shown that some HNNs exhibit two independent limit cycles or chaotic attractors which are symmetric to each other with respect to the origin.     

Constructing a chaotic system with any number of equilibria

In the chaotic Lorenz system, Chen system and Rössler system, their equilibria are unstable and the number of the equilibria are no more than three. This paper shows how to construct some simple chaotic systems that can have any preassigned number of equilibria. First, a chaotic system with no equilibrium is presented and discussed. Then a methodology is presented by adding symmetry to a new chaotic system with only one stable equilibrium, to show that chaotic systems with any preassigned number of equilibria can be generated. By adjusting the only parameter in these systems, one can further control the stability of their equilibria. This result reveals an intrinsic relationship of the global dynamical behaviors with the number and stability of the equilibria of a chaotic system.     

Analysis of a new three-dimensional system with multiple chaotic attractors

In this paper, a new three-dimensional autonomous system with complex dynamical behaviors is reported. This new system has three quadratic nonlinear terms and one constant term. One remarkable feature of the system is that it can generate multiple chaotic and multiple periodic attractors in a wide range of system parameters. The presence of coexisting chaotic and periodic attractors in the system is investigated. Moreover, it is easily found that the new system also can generate four-scroll chaotic attractor. Some basic dynamical behaviors of the system are investigated through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation.     

A new 5D hyperchaotic system based on modified generalized Lorenz system

This paper reports a new five-dimensional (5D) hyperchaotic system with three positive Lyapunov exponents, which is generated by adding a linear controller to the second equation of a 4D system that is obtained by coupling of a 1D linear system and a 3D modified generalized Lorenz system. This hyperchaotic system has very simple algebraic structure but can exhibit complex dynamical behaviors. Of particular interest are the observations that the hyperchaotic system has a hyperchaotic attractor with three positive Lyapunov exponents under a unique equilibrium, three or infinite equilibria, and there are three types of coexisting attractors of this new 5D hyperchaotic system. Numerical analysis of phase trajectories, Lyapunov exponents, bifurcation, Poincaré projections and power spectrum verifies the existence of the hyperchaotic and chaotic attractors. Moreover, stability of hyperbolic or non-hyperbolic equilibria and two complete mathematical characterization for 5D Hopf bifurcation are rigorously studied. Finally, some electronic circuits are designed to implement the 5D hyperchaotic system.     

3-scroll and 4-scroll chaotic attractors generated from a new 3-D quadratic autonomous system

This article introduces a new chaotic system of 3-D quadratic autonomous ordinary differential equations, which can display 2-scroll chaotic attractors. Some basic dynamical behaviors of the new 3-D system are investigated. Of particular interest is that the chaotic system can generate complex 3-scroll and 4-scroll chaotic attractors. Finally, bifurcation analysis shows that the system can display extremely rich dynamics. The obtained results clearly show that this is a new chaotic system which deserves further detailed investigation.     

A simple inductor-free memristive circuit with three line equilibria

In this work, a novel inductor-free fourth-order two-memristor-based chaotic circuit is proposed. This new circuit is developed from a current feedback op amp-based sinusoidal oscillator through replacing a linear resistor with a memristor and adding another different parallel memristor to the cascaded memristor–capacitor net. The proposed circuit can perform chaotic, fixed point, and period behaviors. The most striking feature is that this system has three line equilibria and exhibits the extreme multistability phenomenon of the coexisting infinitely many attractors. Specially, amplitude death behavior and transient transition behavior can also be found in the proposed system. By using standard nonlinear analysis tools including system dissipation, equilibrium point stability, phase portrait, Lyapunov exponent spectrum, and bifurcation diagram, the fundamental dynamical characteristics of the circuit are investigated in detail. Moreover, a MULTISIM circuit is designed to verify the numerical simulations.     

A new chaotic attractor from hybrid optical bistable system

In this work, a new three-dimensional autonomous chaotic system has been introduced by modifying a hybrid optical system. The single quadratic nonlinearity is replaced by a single cubic nonlinearity; the new system can display two 1-scroll chaotic attractors simultaneously or one 2-scroll chaotic attractor. The bifurcation diagram is obtained and Lyapunov spectrum is calculated for the proposed system. The results show that the new system exhibits rich complexity features such as stable, periodic, and chaotic dynamics.     

A more chaotic and easily hardware implementable new 3-D chaotic system in comparison with 50 reported systems

This paper attempts to construct a new 3-D chaotic system which is easily hardware realisable and fulfil the requirement of a real-life application. The proposed system is relatively more chaotic (based on the first Lyapunov exponent) and has larger bandwidth than 50 available chaotic systems. Lyapunov spectrum and bifurcation diagram of the system reveal that it has chaotic behaviour for a wider range of its parameters. Such characteristic is helpful for an easy hardware realisation of the system. It is to be noted that the reported systems with hidden attractors are not considered here for the comparison. The proposed system has more complexity and disorder due to several unique properties like asymmetry to principle coordinates, dissimilar and asymmetrical equilibria, and non-uniform contraction and expansion of volume in phase space. The proposed system also exhibits asymmetric pairs of coexisting attractors during its operation in two modes. The new system has different routes to chaos including crisis, an inverse crisis, period-doubling and reverse period-doubling routes to chaos with the variation of parameters. MATLAB simulation results confirm the claims, and the results of hardware circuit realisation validate the simulation results. An application of the new system is shown by masking and retrieving an information signal. It is also shown that the proposed system is better than a well-known Lorenz chaotic system for this application. A system with the above unique properties is rare in the literature.     

Some new insights into the Liu system

The present work is devoted to giving new insights into the Liu chaotic system. The local dynamical entities, such as the number of equilibria, the stability of hyperbolic equilibria, and the stability of the nonhyperbolic equilibrium obtained by using the center manifold theorem, the pitchfork bifurcation, the degenerate pitchfork bifurcation, and Hopf bifurcations, are all analyzed when the parameters are varied in the space of parameters. All the closed orbits of the system are also proven rigorously to be nonplanar but only to be curves in space. Moreover, the existence of singularly degenerate heteroclinic cycles for a suitable choice of the parameters is investigated.     

Dynamics of a close-loop controlled MEMS resonator

The dynamics of a close-loop electrostatic MEMS resonator, proposed as a platform for ultra sensitive mass sensors, is investigated. The parameter space of the resonator actuation voltage is investigated to determine the optimal operating regions. Bifurcation diagrams of the resonator response are obtained at five different actuation voltage levels. The resonator exhibits bi-stability with two coexisting stable equilibrium points located inside a lower and an upper potential wells. Steady-state chaotic attractors develop inside each of the potential wells and around both wells. The optimal region in the parameter space for mass sensing purposes is determined. In that region, steady-state chaotic attractors develop and spend most of the time in the safe lower well while occasionally visiting the upper well. The robustness of the chaotic attractors in that region is demonstrated by studying their basins of attraction. Further, regions of large dynamic amplification are also identified in the parameter space. In these regions, the resonator can be used as an efficient long-stroke actuator.