Study on Chaotic Behavior of the Restricted Four-Body Problem with an Equilateral Triangle Configuration

In this paper, the chaotic behavior of a planar restricted four-body problem with an equilateral triangle configuration is analytically studied. Firstly, according to the perturbation method of Melnikov, the planar restricted four-body problem is regarded as a perturbation of the two-body model. Then, we show that the Melnikov integral function has a simple zero, arriving at the existence of transversal homoclinic orbits. Afterwards, since the standard Smale–Birkhoff homoclinic theorem cannot be directly applied to the case of a degenerate saddle, we alternatively construct an invertible map [Formula: see text] and check that [Formula: see text] is a Smale horseshoe map, showing that our restricted four-body problem possesses chaotic behavior of the Smale horseshoe type.

Distribution of Maps with Transversal Homoclinic Orbits in a Continuous Map Space

This paper is concerned with distribution of maps with transversal homoclinic orbits in a continuous map space, which consists of continuous maps defined in a closed and bounded set of a Banach space. By the transversal homoclinic theorem, it is shown that the map space contains a dense set of maps that have transversal homoclinic orbits and are chaotic in the sense of both Li-Yorke and Devaney with positive topological entropy.

RIGOROUS VERIFICATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF TRANSVERSAL HOMOCLINIC ORBITS

In this paper we present a computer-assisted technique that allows us to prove rigorously that a transversal homoclinic orbit of discrete dynamical systems with this method is simpler than previous works on this subject.

DYNAMICS FOR DISCRETE-TIME CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS

This presentation investigates the dynamics of discrete-time cellular neural networks (DT-CNN). In contrast to classical neural networks that are mostly gradient-like systems, DT-CNN possesses both complete stability and chaotic behaviors as different parameters are considered. An energy-like function which decreases along orbits of DT-CNN as well as the existence of a globally attracting set are derived. Complete stability can then be concluded, with further analysis on the sets on which the energy function is constant. The formations of saturated stationary patterns for DT-CNN are shown to be analogous to the ones in continuous-time CNN. Thus, DT-CNN shares similar properties with continuous-time CNN. By confirming the existence of snap-back repellers, hence transversal homoclinic orbits, we also conclude that DT-CNN with certain parameters exhibits chaotic dynamics, according to the theorem by Marotto.