Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2003

Abstract

Results are reported concerning the transition to chaos in random dynamical systems. In particular, situations are considered where a periodic attractor coexists with a nonattracting chaotic saddle, which can be expected in any periodic window of a nonlinear dynamical system. Under noise, the asymptotic attractor of the system can become chaotic, as characterized by the appearance of a positive Lyapunov exponent. Generic features of the transition include the following: (1) the noisy chaotic attractor is necessarily nonhyperbolic as there are periodic orbits embedded in it with distinct numbers of unstable directions (unstable dimension variability), and this nonhyperbolicity develops as soon as the attractor becomes chaotic; (2) for systems described by differential equations, the unstable dimension variability destroys the neutral direction of the flow in the sense that there is no longer a zero Lyapunov exponent after the noisy attractor becomes chaotic; and (3) the largest Lyapunov exponent becomes positive from zero in a continuous manner, and its scaling with the variation of the noise amplitude is algebraic. Formulas for the scaling exponent are derived in all dimensions. Numerical support using both low- and high-dimensional systems is provided.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Physical Review E (IISSN: 1539-3755, ESSN: 1550-2376), and is posted in accordance with the Institutional Repository guidelines set by APS. The publisher copy is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.026210

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevE.67.026210

Published Citation

Lai, Y. C., Liu, Z., Billings, L., & Schwartz, I. B. (2003). Noise-induced unstable dimension variability and transition to chaos in random dynamical systems. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 67(2 Pt 2), 026210. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.67.026210

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