@article {IOPORT.06080969, author = {Sekikawa, Munehisa and Inaba, Naohiko and Tsubouchi, Takashi and Aihara, Kazuyuki}, title = {Novel bifurcation structure generated in piecewise-linear three-$LC$ resonant circuit and its Lyapunov analysis.}, year = {2012}, journal = {Physica D}, volume = {241}, number = {14}, issn = {0167-2789}, pages = {1169-1178}, publisher = {Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/j.physd.2012.03.011}, abstract = {Summary: We analyse a piecewise-linear oscillator that consists of a three-LC resonant circuit with a hysteresis element. Three sets of two-dimensional linear equations, including a hysteresis function, represent the governing equations of the circuit, and all the Lyapunov exponents are calculated in a remarkably simple manner based on derived explicit solutions. Various dynamical phenomena such as two-torus, three-torus, and hyperchaos with four positive Lyapunov exponents are observed by Lyapunov analysis. We obtained a detailed bifurcation diagram in which novel bifurcation structure which we call a "two-torus Arnold tongue" is observed where two-torus generating regions exist in a three-torus generating region as if periodic states exist in a two-torus generating region.}, identifier = {06080969}, }