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Predicting chaotic statistics with unstable invariant tori.
Jeremy P Parker1, Omid Ashtari1, Tobias M Schneider1
1Emergent Complexity in Physical Systems Laboratory (ECPS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)
|August 3, 2023
Summary
Researchers approximate chaotic system averages using unstable invariant tori. This new method identifies two-tori in a modified Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, paving the way for understanding hyperchaotic dynamics.
Area of Science:
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Chaos Theory
- Partial Differential Equations
Background:
- Hyperchaotic dissipative systems' long-time average quantities are complex.
- Approximation using sums over unstable invariant tori is a recent speculation.
- Periodic orbit theory shows promise in fluid dynamics for similar approximations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and apply a numerical method for identifying unstable invariant two-tori.
- To test the hypothesis that these tori can approximate average quantities in chaotic systems.
- To explore the applicability to modified Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation and general hyperchaotic systems.
Main Methods:
- Developed a novel numerical method to converge unstable invariant two-tori.
- Utilized symmetry breaking of relative periodic orbits for torus detection.
- Applied methods to a modified Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation.
Main Results:
- Identified numerous quasiperiodic, unstable, invariant two-torus solutions.
- These tori were found to cover significant portions of the chaotic attractor.
- Weighted averages of torus properties approximated chaotic dynamics' average quantities.
Conclusions:
- The study provides evidence supporting the approximation of hyperchaotic system averages using unstable invariant tori.
- The identified tori are significant invariant sets within the chaotic attractor.
- This work advances the description of general hyperchaotic systems, including spatiotemporally chaotic PDEs.
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