A fractional-order system with coexisting chaotic attractors and control chaos via a single state variable linear controller (Q1784927)

Summary: A 3D fractional-order nonlinear system with coexisting chaotic attractors is proposed in this paper. The necessary condition of the existence chaos is \(q \geq 0.8477\). The fractional-order system exhibits chaotic attractors with the order as low as 2.5431. The largest Lyapunov exponent varying as fractional order \(q\) is given. Furthermore, there are the coexisting ``positive attractor'' and ``negative attractor'' in this fractional-order chaotic system, and the necessary condition for ``positive attractor'' and ``negative attractor'' is obtained. Meanwhile, a control scheme for the stabilization of the unstable equilibrium is suggested via a single state variable linear controller. Numerical results show that the control scheme is valid.