SPORADIC DRIVING OF DYNAMICAL-SYSTEMS

In this paper the sporadic driving of time continuous systems and acco mpanying phenomena are examined. Mathematical analysis of sporadically driven linear systems gives an explanation for the observed dependenc e of the asymptotic stability of the sporadically driven system on the driving period. Several generalizations of sporadic driving are propo sed and their practical implications are considered. The sensitivity o f the synchronized motion between sporadically coupled chaotic systems to the influence of noise is explored. The synchronization test of no nlinear models for time series is enhanced through the usage of sporad ic driving.