Infinite number of Wada basins in a megastable nonlinear oscillator

Abstract

Abstract Previous results show that some oscillators possess finite number of Wada basins. Here we find that a nonlinear oscillator can possess a countable infinity of Wada basins and these Wada basins are connected. Infinite number of coexisting attractors and their Wada basins are investigated by the basin cell theorem and generalized basin cell theorem. Infinite number of Wada basins are systematic, which identical basins structure can be identified in each periodic X-axis coordinate interval. This type of Wada basin boundary can lead to a high level of indeterminacy and an extreme sensitive dependence on initial condition.