Synchronization of non-identical chaotic systems: an exponential dichotomies approach (Q4533545)

Consider the unidirectional coupled system \[ dx/dt = f(\widetilde{\mu},x), \qquad dy/dt = f(\mu ,y)+ \nu (x-y), \tag \(*\) \] with \(f(\mu ,z) = B(\mu)z + g(z),\) where \(z \in \mathbb{R}^n\) and \(g\) is a nonlinear function satisfying \(g(0)=0\). Suppose that there is a set \(G \subset \mathbb{R}^n\) such that for \(x_0 \in G\) the first equation has a solution \(x(t,x_0 ,\widetilde{\mu})\) which is bounded for \(t \geq 0.\) The authors derive conditions such that \((*)\) synchronizes along \(x(t,x_0 ,\widetilde{\mu}).\) A fundamental assumption is that the linearization of the second equation in \((*)\) along \(x(t,x_0 ,\widetilde{\mu})\) has an exponential dichotomy on \([0,\infty).\)