Complex coexisting attractors in a locally-active memristor-based oscillator

This paper aims to propose a material-independent novel locally-active memristor (LAM) model, which is applied to the fourth-order autonomous chaotic oscillation circuit to investigate the phenomena and mechanisms of chaos and hyperchaos. Under different parameter configurations, the LAM-based system can exhibit rich dynamic behaviours and multistability, such as multi-equilibrium points, period, chaos and hyperchaos attractors. The phase diagram, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov exponential spectrum, basins of attraction and dynamics map are used to analyse the complex dynamics of the system. In addition, we find many types of coexisting attractors, including periodic attractors with multiple different periods, hyperchaotic attractors with multiple different scrolls, a double-scroll chaotic attractor with a shock wave orbit and so on. This work fills the gap by theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. And proves that the local activity and non-volatility of memristors are two important reasons for the generation of complex and coexisting attractors.