1. Stable Chaos
Study the relation between the chaotic
dynamic system and the stability of
equilibrium
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Supervised by: Chair Prof. Guanrong Chen
Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks
City University of Hong Kong
2. Some interesting
questions?
Ifyou are given a simple 3D ODE
system that has only one stable
equilibrium, what would you predict its
dynamics to be, stable or periodic?
Could such a system also generate
chaotic dynamic?
Generally, what’s the relation between
the chaotic dynamic system and the
stability of equilibrium?
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4. Equilibrium
An equilibrium (or fixed point) of a dynamical
system generated by an autonomous system
of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is a
solution that does not change with time.
The ODE x = f ( x ) has an equilibrium
&
solution xe , if f ( xe ) = 0
Finding such equilibria, i.e., solving the f ( x) = 0
equation is easy only in a few special cases.
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5. Jacobian Matrix
Thestability of typical equilibria of smooth
ODEs is determined by the sign of real part of
eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix.
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6. Hyperbolic Equilibria
The eigenvalues of J determine linear
stability properties of the equilibrium.
An equilibrium is stable if all eigenvalues
have negative real parts; it is unstable if at
least one eigenvalue has positive real part.
The equilibrium is said to be hyperbolic if all
eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix have non-
zero real parts.
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7. Hartman-Grobman Theorem
Hyperbolic equilibria are robust: Small
perturbations do not change qualitatively the
phase portrait near the equilibria.
The local phase portrait of a hyperbolic
equilibrium of a nonlinear system is
equivalent to that of its linearization.
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8. Equilibrium in 3D
3 real eigenvalues case
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9. Equilibrium in 3D
1 real+ 2 complex-conjugate
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10. Non-hyperbolic equilibria
Ifat least one eigenvalue of the Jacobian
matrix is zero or has a zero real part, then the
equilibrium is said to be non-hyperbolic.
Non-hyperbolic equilibria are not robust (i.e.,
the system is not structurally stable)
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11. Lorenz System
x = a( y − x)
&
y = cx − xz − y
&
z = xy − bz ,
&
a = 10, b = 8 / 3, c = 28
E. N. Lorenz, “Deterministic non-periodic flow,” J. Atmos. Sci., 20,
130-141, 1963.
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12. Chen System
x = a ( y − x)
&
y = (c − a ) x − xz + cy
&
z = xy − bz ,
&
a = 35; b = 3; c = 28
G. Chen and T. Ueta, “Yet another chaotic attractor,” Int J. of Bifurcation and Chaos, 9(7),
1465-1466, 1999.
T. Ueta and G. Chen, “Bifurcation analysis of Chen’s equation,” Int J. of Bifurcation and
Chaos, 10(8), 1917-1931, 2000.
T. S. Zhou, G. Chen and Y. Tang, “Chen's attractor exists,” Int. J. of Bifurcation and Chaos,
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16. Chaotic system with two stable
equilibria
When r<0.05, there are one saddle and two stable
node-foci
http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.4262
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25. Question
Is this chaos? If so,
How to prove the existence of chaos when r
is around 0.2~0.5
When the equilibria are stable…
while the numerical LLE is positive….
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27. Try to find chaotic system
with stable Equilibrium
Some criterions for the new system:
1. One equilibrium
2. Equation algebraic simple
3. Stable
To start with, let us first review some of the
simple Sprott chaotic systems with only one
equilibrium…
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29. Idea
1. Sprott systems I, J, L, N and R all have only
one saddle-focus equilibrium, while systems
D and E are both degenerate case.
2. A tiny perturbation to the system may be
able to change such a degenerate
equilibrium to a stable one.
3. Hope it will work…
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30. Result (very lucky)
When a = 0, it is the Sprott E system;
when a>0, however, the stability of the single
equilibrium is fundamentally different
The single equilibrium become stable
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35. Phase portraits and frequency
spectrums
a=0.0 a=0.0
06 2
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36. Phase portraits and frequency
spectrums
a=0.0 a=0.0
3 5
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37. Attracting basin of the
equilibrium
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38. Conclusion
We reported the finding of a simple three-
dimensional autonomous chaotic system
which, very surprisingly, has only one stable
node-focus equilibrium.
It has been verified to be chaotic in the sense
of having a positive largest Lyapunov
exponent, a fractional dimension, a
continuous frequency spectrum, and a
period-doubling route to chaos.
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39. Open questions
To be further considered:
Ši’lnikov homoclinic criterion?
not applicable for this case
Rigorous proof of the existence?
Horseshoe ?
Coexistence of point attractor and strange
attractor…
Inflation of attraction basin of the equilibrium…
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40. Xiong Wang 王雄
Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks
City University of Hong Kong
Email: wangxiong8686@gmail.com
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