Upper bounds in phase synchronous weak coherent chaotic attractors (Q2494914)

The authors estimate the upper bound value of the absolute phase difference between two coupled chaotic systems, in order to verify the existence of phase synchronization. The authors' approach shows that this bound value \(\langle r\rangle\) is given by the average evolution of the phase, calculated in a subspace of the attractor, for a series of pairs of events in this same subspace. These events can be the number of local maxima or minima in the trajectory, the crossing of the trajectory to some Poincaré section, or the occurence of a burst/spike.