Abstract: Based on the three-dimensional Liu system with a nonlinear term of square, this paper appends a state variable to the system, and further adds a driving signal of the sine signal to construct a novel 4-demensional nonautonomous hyperchaotic Liu system. The appended variable is formed by the product of the nonlinear quadratic term of the original state variables and the driving signal. Through adjusting the frequency of the driving signal, the system can be controlled to show some different dynamic behaviors. By numerical simulations, the Lyapunov exponent spectrums, bifurcation diagrams and phase diagrams of the novel systems are analyzed. Furthermore, the corresponding hardware circuits are implemented. Both the experimental results and the simulation results confirm that the method is feasible. The method, which adjusts the frequency of the input sine signal to control the system to show different dynamic behaviors, can make the dynamic property of the system become more complex, but easier to be controlled accurately as well.

Key words: chaos, hyperchaos, Liu system, frequency control