STRANGE NONCHAOTIC ATTRACTOR IN LOW-FREQUENCY QUASIPERIODICALLY DRIVEN SYSTEMS (Q4522221)

The authors consider quasiperiodically driven finite dimensional maps of the form \[ x_{n+1}=F(x_{n},\sin \theta_n),\quad\theta_{n+1}=(\theta_n+2\pi\omega)\bmod 2\pi. \] They discuss the occurence of strange nonchaotic attractors. This notion is based on definitions given in \textit{C. Grebogi, E. Ott, S. Pelikan} and \textit{J. A. Yorke} [Physica D 13, 261-268 (1984; Zbl 0588.58036)]. According to that an attractor is called strange if it is not a finite set and is not piecewise differentiable. A chaotic attractor is one for which typical orbits on the attractor have a positive Lyapunov exponent. In the present paper it is shown that an unstable region in phase space and a noise-like signal are necessary for the creation of a strange nonchaotic attractor. The obtained results are illustrated by a simulation of a quasiperiodically driven logistic map.