Periodic orbits and binary collisions in the classical three-body Coulomb problem

In the helium case of the classical three-body Coulomb problem in two dimensions with zero angular momentum, we develop a procedure to find periodic orbits applying two symbolic dynamics for one-dimensional and planar problems. Focusing our attention on binary collisions with these tools, a sequence of periodic orbits are predicted and are actually found numerically. A family of periodic orbits found has regularity in their actions. For this family of periodic orbits, it is shown that thanks to its regularity, a partial summation of the Gutzwiller trace formula with a daring approximation gives a Rydberg series of energy levels.     

耦合不连续系统同步转换过程中的多吸引子共存

本文研究了耦合不连续系统的同步转换过程中的动力学行为, 发现由混沌非同步到混沌同步的转换过程中特殊的多吸引子共存现象. 通过计算耦合不连续系统的同步序参量和最大李雅普诺夫指数随耦合强度的变化, 发现了较复杂的同步转换过程: 临界耦合强度之后出现周期非同步态(周期性窗口); 分析了系统周期态的迭代轨道,发现其具有两类不同的迭代轨道: 对称周期轨道和非对称周期轨道, 这两类周期吸引子和同步吸引子同时存在, 系统表现出对初值敏感的多吸引子共存现象. 分析表明, 耦合不连续系统中的周期轨道是由于局部动力学的不连续特性和耦合动力学相互作用的结果. 最后, 对耦合不连续系统的同步转换过程进行了详细的分析, 结果表明其同步呈现出较复杂的转换过程.     

Globally enumerating unstable periodic orbits for observed data using symbolic dynamics

The unstable periodic orbits of a chaotic system provide an important skeleton of the dynamics in a chaotic system, but they can be difficult to find from an observed time series. We present a global method for finding periodic orbits based on their symbolic dynamics, which is made possible by several recent methods to find good partitions for symbolic dynamics from observed time series. The symbolic dynamics are approximated by a Markov chain estimated from the sequence using information-theoretical concepts. The chain has a probabilistic graph representation, and the cycles of the graph may be exhaustively enumerated with a classical deterministic algorithm, providing a global, comprehensive list of symbolic names for its periodic orbits. Once the symbolic codes of the periodic orbits are found, the partition is used to localize the orbits back in the original state space. Using the periodic orbits found, we can estimate several quantities of the attractor such as the Lyapunov exponent and topological entropy.     

混沌体系中寻找周期轨迹的方法

一个不可积混沌体系，由于扰动而遭到破坏时，存活的周期轨迹体现了体系的本质特征，是 体系的运动骨架.在一定程度上， 可以由周期轨迹来量子化不可积体系，这充分说明了 周期轨迹的重要性.而寻找周期轨迹，也就成为研究混沌体系动力学特性以及对混沌体系进 行量子化的关键问题.结合具体实例，给出了3种常用的寻找周期轨迹方法，并详细探讨了各 种方法的优缺点和适用范围. 关键词： 周期轨迹 数值方法 混沌     

Unstable periodic orbits and templates of the Rossler system: Toward a systematic topological characterization

The Rossler system has been exhaustively studied for parameter values (a in [0.33,0.557],b=2,c=4). Periodic orbits have been systematically extracted from Poincare maps and the following problems have been addressed: (i) all low order periodic orbits are extracted, (ii) encoding of periodic orbits by symbolic dynamics (from 2 letters up to 11 letters) is achieved, (iii) some rules of growth and of pruning of the periodic orbits population are obtained, and (iv) the templates of the attractors are elaborated to characterize the attractors topology. (c) 1995 American Institute of Physics.     

Drift of slow variables in slow-fast Hamiltonian systems

We study the drift of slow variables in a slow-fast Hamiltonian system with several fast and slow degrees of freedom. Keeping the slow variables frozen, for any periodic trajectory of the fast subsystem we define an action. For a family of periodic orbits, the action is a scalar function of the slow variables and can be considered as a Hamiltonian function which generates some slow dynamics. These dynamics depend on the family of periodic orbits.Assuming that for the frozen slow variables the fast system has a pair of hyperbolic periodic orbits connected by two transversal heteroclinic trajectories, we prove that for any path composed of a finite sequence of slow trajectories generated by action Hamiltonians, there is a trajectory of the full system whose slow component shadows the path.     

Normally attracting manifolds and periodic behavior in one-dimensional and two-dimensional coupled map lattices

We consider diffusively coupled logistic maps in one- and two-dimensional lattices. We investigate periodic behaviors as the coupling parameter varies, i.e., existence and bifurcations of some periodic orbits with the largest domain of attraction. Similarity and differences between the two lattices are shown. For small coupling the periodic behavior appears to be characterized by a number of periodic orbits structured in such a way to give rise to distinct, reverse period-doubling sequences. For intermediate values of the coupling a prominent role in the dynamics is played by the presence of normally attracting manifolds that contain periodic orbits. The dynamics on these manifolds is very weakly hyperbolic, which implies long transients. A detailed investigation allows the understanding of the mechanism of their formation. A complex bifurcation is found which causes an attracting manifold to become unstable. (c) 1994 American Institute of Physics.     

Differentiability implies continuity in neuronal dynamics

Recent work has identified nonlinear deterministic structure in neuronal dynamics using periodic orbit theory. Troublesome in this work were the significant periods of time where no periodic orbits were extracted — “dynamically dark” regions. Tests for periodic orbit structure typically require that the underlying dynamics are differentiable. Since continuity of a mathematical function is a necessary but insufficient condition for differentiability, regions of observed differentiability should be fully contained within regions of continuity. We here verify that this fundamental mathematical principle is reflected in observations from mammalian neuronal activity. First, we introduce a null Jacobian transformation to verify the observation of differentiable dynamics when periodic orbits are extracted. Second, we show that a less restrictive test for deterministic structure requiring only continuity demonstrates widespread nonlinear deterministic structure only partially appreciated with previous approaches.     

Prediction-based control of chaos and a dynamic Parrondoʼs paradox

We analyze the stabilization of an unstable periodic orbit (UPO) by periodic prediction-based control (PBC). We rigorously prove that, for 2-periodic orbits, a pulse strategy reduces the necessary control strength to stabilize the UPO. Moreover, we find that in some cases the periodic control prevents some undesirable effects induced by the PBC method. In this way, we provide an example of a dynamic Parrondo?s paradox: the switching between two undesirable dynamics results in a nicely periodic dynamic behavior.     

Heteroclinic dynamics in a model of Faraday waves in a square container

We study periodic orbits associated with heteroclinic bifurcations in a model of the Faraday system for containers with square cross-section and single-frequency forcing. These periodic orbits correspond to quasiperiodic surface waves in the physical system. The heteroclinic bifurcations are related to a continuum of heteroclinic connections in the integrable Hamiltonian limit, some of which persist in the presence of small damping. The dynamics in the neighborhood of one of the heteroclinic bifurcations are examined in detail using approximate Poincaré maps, with predictions that agree with numerical computations. The results suggest a great richness of possible dynamics of Faraday waves even in simple geometries and with single-frequency forcing.     

Existence and Dynamics of Bounded Traveling Wave Solutions to Getmanou Equation

In this paper, we study the existence and dynamics of bounded traveling wave solutions to Getmanou equations by using the qualitative theory of differential equations and the bifurcation method of dynamical systems. We show that the corresponding traveling wave system is a singular planar dynamical system with two singular straight lines, and obtain the bifurcations of phase portraits of the system under different parameters conditions. Through phase portraits, we show the existence and dynamics of several types of bounded traveling wave solutions including solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions, compactons, kink-like and antikink-like wave solutions. Moreover, the expressions of solitary wave solutions are given. Additionally, we confirm abundant dynamical behaviors of the traveling wave s olutions to the equation, which are summarized as follows: i) We confirm that two types of orbits give rise to solitary wave solutions, that is, the homoclinic orbit passing the singular point, and the composed homoclinic orbit which is comprised of two heteroclinic orbits and tangent to the singular line at the singular point of associated system. ii) We confirm that two types of orbits correspond to periodic wave solutions, that is, the periodic orbit surrounding a center, and the homoclinic orbit of associated system, which is tangent to the singular line at the singular point of associated system.     

Statistical properties of actions of periodic orbits

We investigate statistical properties of unstable periodic orbits, especially actions for two simple linear maps (p-adic Baker map and sawtooth map). The action of periodic orbits for both maps is written in terms of symbolic dynamics. As a result, the expression of action for both maps becomes a Hamiltonian of one-dimensional spin systems with the exponential-type pair interaction. Numerical work is done for enumerating periodic orbits. It is shown that after symmetry reduction, the dyadic Baker map is close to generic systems, and the p-adic Baker map and sawtooth map with noninteger K are also close to generic systems. For the dyadic Baker map, the trace of the quantum time-evolution operator is semiclassically evaluated by employing the method of Phys. Rev. E 49, R963 (1994). Finally, using the result of this and with a mathematical tool, it is shown that, indeed, the actions of the periodic orbits for the dyadic Baker map with symmetry reduction obey the uniform distribution modulo 1 asymptotically as the period goes to infinity. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.     

Noise can reduce disorder in chaotic dynamics

We evoke the idea of representation of the chaotic attractor by the set of unstable periodic orbits and disclose a novel noise-induced ordering phenomenon. For long unstable periodic orbits forming the strange attractor the weights (or natural measure) is generally highly inhomogeneous over the set, either diminishing or enhancing the contribution of these orbits into system dynamics. We show analytically and numerically a weak noise to reduce this inhomogeneity and, additionally to obvious perturbing impact, make a regularizing influence on the chaotic dynamics. This universal effect is rooted into the nature of deterministic chaos.     

Topological chaos and periodic braiding of almost-cyclic sets

In certain (2+1)-dimensional dynamical systems, the braiding of periodic orbits provides a framework for analyzing chaos in the system through application of the Thurston-Nielsen classification theorem. Periodic orbits generated by the dynamics can behave as physical obstructions that "stir" the surrounding domain and serve as the basis for this topological analysis. We provide evidence that, even in the absence of periodic orbits, almost-cyclic regions identified using a transfer operator approach can reveal an underlying structure that enables topological analysis of chaos in the domain.     

Estimating generating partitions of chaotic systems by unstable periodic orbits

An outstanding problem in chaotic dynamics is to specify generating partitions for symbolic dynamics in dimensions larger than 1. It has been known that the infinite number of unstable periodic orbits embedded in the chaotic invariant set provides sufficient information for estimating the generating partition. Here we present a general, dimension-independent, and efficient approach for this task based on optimizing a set of proximity functions defined with respect to periodic orbits. Our algorithm allows us to obtain the approximate location of the generating partition for the Ikeda-Hammel-Jones-Moloney map.     

Effects of Colored Noise on Periodic Orbits in a One-Dimensional Map

Noise can induce inverse period-doubling transition and chaos. The effects of the colored noise on periodic orbits, of the different periodic sequences in the logistic map, are investigated. It is found that the dynamical behaviors of the orbits, induced by an exponentially correlated colored noise, are different in the mergence of transition, and the effects of the noise intensity ontheir dynamical behaviors are different from the effects of the correlation time of noise. Remarkably, the noise can induce new periodic orbits, namely, two new orbits emerge in the period-four sequence at the bifurcation parameter value μ=3.5, four new orbits in the period-eight sequence at μ=3.55, and three new orbits in the period-six sequence at μ= 3.846, respectively.Moreover, the dynamical behaviors of the new orbits clearly show theresonance like response to the colored noise.     

Heteroclinic Connections Between Periodic Orbits in Planar Restricted Circular Three Body Problem. Part II

We present a method for proving the existence of symmetric periodic, heteroclinic or homoclinic orbits in dynamical systems with the reversing symmetry. As an application we show that the Planar Restricted Circular Three Body Problem (PCR3BP) corresponding to the Sun-Jupiter-Oterma system possesses an infinite number of symmetric periodic orbits and homoclinic orbits to the Lyapunov orbits. Moreover, we show the existence of symbolic dynamics on six symbols for PCR3BP and the possibility of resonance transitions of the comet. This extends earlier results by Wilczak and Zgliczynski [12]. Electronic Supplementary Material: Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at An erratum to this article is available at .     

Cycling chaotic attractors in two models for dynamics with invariant subspaces

Nonergodic attractors can robustly appear in symmetric systems as structurally stable cycles between saddle-type invariant sets. These saddles may be chaotic giving rise to "cycling chaos." The robustness of such attractors appears by virtue of the fact that the connections are robust within some invariant subspace. We consider two previously studied examples and examine these in detail for a number of effects: (i) presence of internal symmetries within the chaotic saddles, (ii) phase-resetting, where only a limited set of connecting trajectories between saddles are possible, and (iii) multistability of periodic orbits near bifurcation to cycling attractors. The first model consists of three cyclically coupled Lorenz equations and was investigated first by Dellnitz et al. [Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 5, 1243-1247 (1995)]. We show that one can find a "false phase-resetting" effect here due to the presence of a skew product structure for the dynamics in an invariant subspace; we verify this by considering a more general bi-directional coupling. The presence of internal symmetries of the chaotic saddles means that the set of connections can never be clean in this system, that is, there will always be transversely repelling orbits within the saddles that are transversely attracting on average. Nonetheless we argue that "anomalous connections" are rare. The second model we consider is an approximate return mapping near the stable manifold of a saddle in a cycling attractor from a magnetoconvection problem previously investigated by two of the authors. Near resonance, we show that the model genuinely is phase-resetting, and there are indeed stable periodic orbits of arbitrarily long period close to resonance, as previously conjectured. We examine the set of nearby periodic orbits in both parameter and phase space and show that their structure appears to be much more complicated than previously suspected. In particular, the basins of attraction of the periodic orbits appear to be pseudo-riddled in the terminology of Lai [Physica D 150, 1-13 (2001)].