Chaos entanglement: a New Approach to Generate Chaos

A new approach to generate chaotic phenomenon, called chaos entanglement, is proposed in this paper. The basic principle is to entangle two or multiple stable linear subsystems by entanglement functions to form an artificial chaotic system such that each of them evolves in a chaotic manner. Firstly, a new attractor, entangling a two-dimensional linear subsystem and a one-dimensional one by sine function, is presented as an example. Dynamical analysis shows that both entangled subsystems are bounded and all equilibra are unstable saddle points when chaos entanglement is achieved. Also, numerical computation shows that this system has one positive Lyapunov exponent, which implies chaos. Furthermore, two conditions are given to achieve chaos entanglement. Along this way, by different linear subsystems and different entanglement functions, a variety of novel chaotic attractors have been created and abundant complex dynamics are exhibited. Our discovery indicates that it is not difficult any more to construct new artificial chaotic systems/networks for engineering applications such as chaos-based secure communication. Finally, a possible circuit is given to realize these new chaotic attractors.