Discrete Rössler Oscillators: Maps and Their Ensembles

Abstract

We study the complex dynamics of a discrete analogue of the classical flow dynamical system — Rössler oscillator. Minimal ensembles of two and three coupled discrete oscillators with different topologies are considered. As the main research tool we used the method of Lyapunov exponents charts. For coupled systems, the possibility of two-, three- and four-frequency quasi-periodicity is revealed. Illustrations in the form of Fourier spectra are presented. Doublings of invariant curves, two- and three-dimensional tori are found. The transition from two-dimensional tori to three-dimensional ones occurs through a quasi-periodic saddle-node bifurcation of invariant tori or through a quasi-periodic Hopf bifurcation. A discrete version of the hyperchaotic Rössler oscillator is also discussed. It exhibits dynamical behavior close to a flow system in some measure.