Application of the Euler and Runge–Kutta Generalized Methods for FDE and Symbolic Packages in the Analysis of Some Fractional Attractors

Abstract

Abstract This paper applies the Euler and the fourth-order Runge–Kutta methods in the analysis of fractional order dynamical systems. In order to illustrate the two techniques, the numerical algorithms are applied in the solution of several fractional attractors, namely the Lorenz, Duffing and Liu systems. The algorithms are implemented with the aid of Mathematica symbolic package. Furthermore, the Lyapunov exponent is obtained based on the Euler method and applied with the Lorenz fractional attractor.