On the existence of generalized synchronizer in unidirectionally coupled systems. (Q1855018)

The author studies a system of unidirectionally coupled ODEs of the form \[ \dot x = f(x), \quad \dot y = g(y,h(x)), \qquad x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{n}. \tag{1} \] The generalized synchronization occurs when there exist a transformation \(H: \mathbb{R}^{n}\to \mathbb{R}^{n}\) and a stable manifold \(M=\{(x,y): y=H(x)\}\) in the phase space of system (1). Instead of the notion of synchronization manifold \(M\), the author proposes the notion ``synchronizer'', which denotes an attractor of (1) with the property that all points of it satisfy the relation \(y=H(x)\). The main result establishes that system (1) possesses a generalized synchronizer under the following conditions: \(\dot x=f(x)\) has an attractor \(A\subset \mathbb{R} ^{n}\); \(\max_{x\in A}\| g(0,x) \| \leq C < \infty\); \(\lambda(y,x)\leq -k <0\), where \(\lambda\) is the maximal eigenvalue of the matrix \(N(y,x)=\| \partial_y g(y,x) + (\partial_y g(y,x))^{T} \| /2\).