A novel class of two-dimensional chaotic maps with infinitely many coexisting attractors
Zhang Li-Ping1, 2, Liu Yang3, Wei Zhou-Chao4, Jiang Hai-Bo2, †, Bi Qin-Sheng1
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224002, China
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

 

† Corresponding author. E-mail: yctcjhb@126.com

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11672257, 11632008, 11772306, and 11972173), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK20161314), the 5th 333 High-level Personnel Training Project of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BRA2018324), and the Excellent Scientific and Technological Innovation Team of Jiangsu University.

Abstract

We study a novel class of two-dimensional maps with infinitely many coexisting attractors. Firstly, the mathematical model of these maps is formulated by introducing a sinusoidal function. The existence and the stability of the fixed points in the model are studied indicating that they are infinitely many and all unstable. In particular, a computer searching program is employed to explore the chaotic attractors in these maps, and a simple map is exemplified to show their complex dynamics. Interestingly, this map contains infinitely many coexisting attractors which has been rarely reported in the literature. Further studies on these coexisting attractors are carried out by investigating their time histories, phase trajectories, basins of attraction, Lyapunov exponents spectrum, and Lyapunov (Kaplan–Yorke) dimension. Bifurcation analysis reveals that the map has periodic and chaotic solutions, and more importantly, exhibits extreme multi-stability.

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1. Introduction

The phenomenon that a dynamical system displays more than one attractor under different initial conditions is called multi-stability. Multi-stability has been extensively investigated in the literature since it was found in many areas, such as physics, chemistry, biology, and economics, see e.g. Refs. [15]. Some multi-stability is undesirable since the system can be perturbed to an undesired attractor in the presence of noise. So control of multi-stability has received considerable attention.[6,7] For this purpose, Liu and Páez Chávez[6] studied the control of coexisting attractors in an impacting system based on linear augmentation. On the other hand, multi-stability can be used to obtain a desired performance of a system without changing its parameters.[4,8] For example, Liu and Páez Chávez[8] investigated the control of multistability in a vibro-impact capsule system driven by a harmonic excitation using numerical continuation. The motion of the capsule system can be controlled by switching between its two stable coexisting attractors via a proper selection of the initial conditions. Very recently, hidden coexisting attractors, whose’s basins of attraction are not connected with unstable equilibria, have been explored extensively, see e.g. Refs. [9,10].

There is a special type of multi-stability, namely, extreme multi-stability which means that the number of coexisting attractors tends to infinite. In Refs. [1114], infinitely many coexisting attractors that belong to extreme multi-stability have been explored extensively by using different types of couplings. In Refs. [15,16], the authors presented a method for designing an appropriate coupling scheme for two dynamical systems in order to realize extreme multi-stability. Then extreme multi-stability was first observed in experiment.[17] Apart from the coupling method, there are several other methods to generate extreme multi-stability. Some researchers introduced one,[1824] two,[2528] and multiple[29] ideal memristors into nonlinear systems to show infinitely many coexisting attractors. In Ref. [27], a novel five-dimensional two-memristor-based dynamical system was constructed by introducing two memristors with cosine memductance and extreme multi-stability was obtained. Other researchers constructed new chaotic systems with extreme multi-stability using proper nonlinear functions[3036] or state feedback controller.[37,38] For example, in Refs. [30,31], the offset boosting method was developed to construct a self-reproducing system from a unique class of variable-boostable systems, and then extreme multi-stability was obtained. In Ref. [32], infinitely many strange attractors on a three-dimensional spatial lattice were obtained in a new dynamical system based on Thomas’ system by using the disturbed offset boosting of sinusoidal functions with different spatial periods. Jafari et al.[35] constructed a new five-dimensional chaotic system displaying hidden attractors and extreme multi-stability. In Ref. [37], a novel four-dimensional chaotic system presenting extreme multi-stability was derived by using a simple state feedback controller in a three-dimensional chaotic system.

Since nonlinear maps have broad applications in different disciplines including economics, biology, and engineering, smooth and non-smooth maps have been studied extensively in the literature.[5,3953] Jiang et al.[40,41] explored coexisting hidden chaotic attractors in a class of two-dimensional and three-dimensional maps. Then Jiang et al.[42] studied the multi-stability in a class of two-dimensional chaotic maps with closed curve fixed points by showing three cases of coexisting attractors. In Refs. [4446], the authors investigated complex chaotic dynamics of several fractional-order chaotic maps, and in Ref. [47] fractional-order chaotic maps were used for image encryption. In Refs. [48,49], a sine chaotification model (SCM) was introduced to enhance the complexity of one-dimensional and two-dimensional chaotic maps, respectively. However, it is rare to observe extreme multi-stability in nonlinear maps. In Ref. [50], infinite coexistence of a piecewise-linear continuous map was proved directly by explicitly computing periodic solutions in the infinite sequence. In Ref. [51], the equivalence between infinitely many asymptotically stable periodic solutions of n-dimensional piecewise-linear continuous maps and their subsumed homoclinic connections was established.

This paper aims to explore some simple chaotic maps with infinitely many coexisting attractors, whose fixed points are infinite and unstable, by performing an exhaustive computer search.[52,53] The main work of this paper is summarized as follows. (1) A novel class of two-dimensional chaotic maps with infinitely many coexisting attractors is developed. (2) The chaotic attractors are numerically analyzed by using basin of attractions, the Lyapunov exponent spectrum (Les), and the Kaplan–Yorke dimension. (3) Bifurcation analysis of the map is conducted to show different types of infinitely many coexisting attractors, including infinitely many coexisting periodic solutions and infinitely many coexisting chaotic solutions. The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, the mathematical model of this class of two-dimensional maps is introduced, and the existence and the stability of their fixed points are studied. In Section 3, infinitely many coexisting attractors and bifurcation phenomena in the maps are shown. Finally, concluding remarks are given in Section 4.

2. System model

Lai et al.[36] obtained an extremely simple chaotic system with infinitely many coexisting attractors by introducing a sinusoidal function into the Sprott B system. Following the idea of Lai et al.,[36] we introduce a sinusoidal function into a class of two-dimensional maps to generate infinitely many coexisting attractors. By using a computer searching program,[52,53] we study a novel class of two-dimensional maps written as

where xk and yk (k = 0,1,2,…) are system states at step k, a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0, and c ≠ 0 are system parameters. The map (1) is periodic with regard to variable y, and the period is 2π. So the map (1) has a translational symmetry, i.e., S(x, y+2) = S(x, y), where S(x, y) = (axsin(y), bx + c), m = 0, ± 1, ± 2, ….

The fixed points (x*,y*) of the map (1) must satisfy the following conditions:

By solving Eq. (2), we have (x*, y*) = (–c/b, mπ), where m = 0, ± 1, ± 2, …, which are infinite fixed points.

The Jacobian matrix of the map (1) at the fixed points (x*,y*) can be written as

The characteristic equation of the Jacobian matrix can be calculated using

where det (J) = 1+accos(y*) and tr(J) = 2 represent the determinant and the trace of the Jacobian matrix, respectively. Eigenvalues of J, λ1 and λ2, are called multipliers of the fixed point. The fixed point is stable if the roots of the characteristic equation, λ1 and λ2, satisfy | λ1,2 | < 1, where | ⋅| denotes the modulus of a complex number.

The map (1) can generate many different strange chaotic attractors and several simple chaotic maps were found, e.g., (a, b, c) = (± 2.7, ± 1, ± 0.1). In this paper, one simple chaotic map with infinitely many coexisting attractors is chosen to show the complex dynamics of this class of maps firstly. When a = 2.7, b = 1, and c = 0.1, the map (1) becomes

The fixed points (x*,y*) of the map (5) are (x*, y*) = (–0.1, ± ), where m = 0, 1, 2, …. The Jacobian matrix of the map (5) at the fixed points (–0.1, ± 2) are . The eigenvalues of J1 are , , where i is the imaginary unit satisfying i2 = –1. The Jacobian matrix of the map (5) at the fixed points (–0.1, ± (2m + 1)π) are . The eigenvalues of J2 are and . Since and , all the fixed points are unstable.

When the initial value is chosen at (1, –3), the map (25) displays a chaotic attractor as shown in Fig. 1. Figures 1(a) and 1(b) show x and y of the chaotic attractor as a function of the step k, respectively. Figure 1(c) presents the phase portrait of the chaotic attractor which is a two-piece chaotic attractor. The Lyapunov exponent spectrum (LEs) and the Kaplan–Yorke dimension (Dky) of the chaotic attractors were computed by using the Wolf methods given in Refs. [53,54]. Based on our simulation, the LEs of the chaotic attractor are 0.2711, –0.3602, and its Dky is 1.7526.

Fig. 1. Time histories of (a) x, (b) y; and (c) phase portrait of the chaotic attractor of the map (5) calculated by using the initial value (1, –3).
3. Dynamical behaviors of the chaotic map with infinitely many coexisting attractors
3.1. Infinitely many coexisting attractors

Figure 2 shows the phase portraits of the coexisting chaotic attractors in the region{(x,y)|x∈ [–2.5, 2.5], y ∈ [–30, 30]}. The coexisting chaotic attractors (i)–(ix) were calculated by using the initial conditions (1, –28), (1, –22), (1, –16), (1, –9), (1, –3), (1, 3), (1, 10), (1, 16), and (1, 22), respectively. To see them clearly, theses chaotic attractors are presented in additional windows using different colors at an appropriate axis. From Fig. 2, these chaotic attractors are two-piece chaotic attractors with a similar structure. To investigate these attractors in detail, the basins of attraction of this map are plotted in Fig. 3, where the coexisting chaotic attractors are marked by black dots, and their basins are indicated by different colors. It can be seen from the figure that the map (5) has a fractal basin structure, and the basins of these coexisting chaotic attractors are similar but not uniform. It should be noted that the initial values which lead the trajectory of the map to the region {(x,y)||x|+|y| > 100} are considered as unbounded basins, and they are shown in cyan in the figure.

Fig. 2. Phase portraits of coexisting chaotic attractors of the map (5) calculated for x(0) = 1 and (i) y(0) = –28, (ii) y(0) = –22, (iii) y(0) = –16, (iv) y(0) = –9, (v) y(0) = –3, (vi) y(0) = 3, (vii) y(0) = 10, (viii) y(0) = 16, (ix) y(0) = 22, respectively.
Fig. 3. Basins of attraction of the map (5) in the region {(x,y)|x∈[–2.5, 2.5], y∈[–30, 30]}. Unbounded basin of attraction which is the set of initial points going into the region ({(x,y)||x|+|y|>100}) is shown in cyan, the coexisting chaotic attractors are shown in black dots. The basins of chaotic attractors are shown in red, light red, blue, light blue, green, light green, brown, magenta, and light megenta, respectively.

By the translational symmetry, the map (5) can generate infinitely many coexisting attractors, which were rarely studied in the literature before. In Ref. [23], extreme multi-stability was classified as homogenous and heterogeneous extreme multi-stabilities according to the different characteristics of coexisting attractors. When a system generates the infinitely coexisting attractors having the same shape but different amplitudes, frequencies, or positions, the system has homogenous extreme multi-stability. While a system has infinitely many different types of coexisting attractors, the system has heterogeneous extreme multi-stability. Since the coexisting chaotic attractors of the map (5) have the same shape but at different positions, the map has the translational symmetry and displays homogenous extreme multi-stability.

3.2. Bifurcation analysis

In order to show the complex dynamics of the chaotic map (1) with infinitely many coexisting attractors, bifurcation and LEs diagrams of the map are plotted in Fig. 4 by using a as a branching parameter and fixing (b, c) as (1, 0.1), where the initial value was chosen as (1, –3), and the final state values at the end of each iteration of the parameter served as the initial state for the next iteration. Attractors denoted by black dots are shown in Fig. 4(a), and representative phase portraits of the map with different parameter a are shown in additional windows. The largest Lyapunov exponent (Le1), the smallest Lyapunov exponent (Le2), and the Lyapunov (Kaplan–Yorke) dimension (Dky) are given in Fig. 4(b). From Fig. 4, the Lyapunov exponent diagram is consistent with the bifurcation diagram.

Fig. 4. (a) Bifurcation diagram of x, and (b) LEs and Dky of the map (1) calculated for a ∈ [2.29, 2.73] and (b, c) = (1, 0.1) using the initial value (1, –3). In panel (b), the largest Lyapunov exponent (Le1), the smallest Lyapunov exponent (Le2), and Lyapunov (Kaplan–Yorke) dimension (Dky) are indicated by red, blue, and black lines, respectively. Additional windows demonstrate representative phase portraits of the map (1) calculated for (i) a = 2.300 (period-2 solution), (ii) a = 2.400 (period-4 solution), (iii) a = 2.522 (period-8 solution), (iv) a = 2.542 (period-16 solution), (v) a = 2.550 (five-piece chaotic solution), (vi) a = 2.625 (period-6 solution), (vii) a = 2.634 (period-12 solution), (viii) a = 2.636 (six-piece chaotic solution), (ix) a = 2.726 (one-piece chaotic solution).

As can be seen from Fig. 4(a), when a = 2.3, the map (1) shows a period-2 solution. As a increases to 2.3825, there is a period-doubling bifurcation, and the period-2 solution bifurcates to a period-4 solution. When a = 2.5078, another period-doubling bifurcation is encountered, and this period-4 solution bifurcates to a period-8 solution. At a = 2.5370, this period-8 solution bifurcates to a period-16 solution, and then becomes chaos after a period-doubling cascade. For a ∈ [2.6242, 2.6347], the map experiences a small window of period-6 and period-12 solutions, and bifurcates into chaos again at a = 2.6350 through a period-doubling cascade. Finally, when a = 2.7150, the two-piece chaotic attractors are jointed together into one-piece chaotic attractors.

Figure 5 presents the phase portraits of the coexisting period-2 and period-6 solutions for the map (1) calculated at (a, b, c) = (2.35, 1, 0.1) and (a, b, c) = (2.625, 1, 0.1) in the region {(x,y)|x∈[–2, 2], y∈[–30, 30]}, respectively. Period-2 solutions of the map (1) were obtained by using the initial conditions (1, –27), (1, –20), (1, –14), (1, –8), (1, –1), (1, 5), (1, 10), (1, 17), and (1, 24), and period-6 solutions were obtained by using (1, –26), (1, –20), (1, –14), (1, –7), (1, –1), (1, 5), (1, 12), (1, 18), and (1, 24). From Fig. 5, we know that the coexisting periodic attractors have the same shape but at different positions. So it is a homogenous extreme multi-stability. For a ∈ [2.29, 2.73] and other fixed parameters, the map has infinitely many coexisting attractors of different types including period-2 solutions, higher periodic solutions, and chaotic attractors.

Fig. 5. Phase portraits of coexisting (a) period-2 and (b) period-6 solutions of the map (1) calculated at (a, b, c) = (2.35, 1, 0.1) and (a, b, c) = (2.625, 1, 0.1)} in the region {(x,y)|x∈[–2, 2], y∈[–30, 30]}. Period-2 solutions of the map (21) were obtained for x(0) = 1 and (i) y(0) = –27, (ii) y(0) = –20, (iii) y(0) = –14, (iv) y(0) = –8, (v) y(0) = –1, (vi) y(0) = 5, (vii) y(0) = 10, (viii) y(0) = 17, (ix) y(0) = 24. Period-6 solutions of the map (1) were obtained for x(0) = 1 and (i) y(0) = –26, (ii) y(0) = –20, (iii) y(0) = –14, (iv) y(0) = –7, (v) y(0) = –1, (vi) y(0) = 5, (vii) y(0) = 12, (viii) y(0) = 18, (ix) y(0) = 24.

In order to show the complex dynamics of the map (1), the bifurcation and LEs diagrams of the map are plotted in Fig. 6 by using a, b, and c as branching parameters calculated for (b, c) = (1, 0.1), (a, c) = (2.7, 0.1), and (a, b) = (2.7, 1), respectively, with the initial value chosen at (1, –3). Comparing Figs. 4(a)4(b) and Figs. 6(a)6(b), the dynamics of the map (1) for a ∈ [2.29, 2.73] is similar to that for a ∈ [–2.7,–2.3]. However, there is a reverse period-doubling cascade leading to chaos for a ∈ [–2.7,–2.3]. From Figs. 6(c)6(d) and 6(e)6(f), the map (1) is in chaotic regime and displays two-piece chaotic attractors for b ∈[–2.7, –0.5] and b ∈ [0.5, 2.7]. It should be noted that the absolute value of x becomes larger if b tends to infinity. When b = 0, the second equation of the map (1) becomes yk+1 = yk+c. Since a = 2.7 > 0 and c = 0.1 > 0, the absolute value of x and the value of y tend to infinity. According to Fig. 6(g), the map (1) exhibits complex dynamics including both chaotic and periodic solutions for c ∈ [–0.12, 0.12], which can be confirmed from Fig. 6(h).

Fig. 6. Bifurcation diagrams of x, and LEs of the map (21) calculated for (a), (b) a∈ [–2.7, –2.3] and (b, c) = (1, 0.1); (c), (d) b∈ [–2.7, –0.5] and (a, c) = (2.7, 0.1); (e), (f) b∈ [0.5, 2.7] and (a, c) = (2.7, 0.1); (g), (h) c∈ [–0.12, 0.12] and (a, b) = (2.7, 1). The initial values were all chosen as (1, –3). The largest Lyapunov exponent (Le1) and the smallest Lyapunov exponent (Le2) are shown by red and blue lines, respectively.
4. Conclusion

Chaotic dynamics of a class of two-dimensional maps with homogenous extreme multi-stability was studied in this paper. A computer searching program was used to explore some simple chaotic maps by using phase portraits. Numerical methods, including computations of basins of attraction and the Lyapunov exponent spectrum, and bifurcation analysis, were used to demonstrate the complex dynamical behaviors of these maps. The maps also have infinitely many coexisting attractors in different types, such as coexisting periodic attractors and coexisting chaotic attractors. The coexisting attractors have the same shape but at different positions. The proposed chaotic maps can be used to generate chaotic signals for applications of chaos-based information engineering, such as data and image encryption.[47] Future works will focus on investigation of the high dimensional maps with infinitely many coexisting attractors and the construction of maps showing heterogeneous extreme multi-stability.

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