Impulsive control and synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos

The impulsive control of spatiotemporal chaos of a particular type of non-linear partial differential equations has been investigated. A criterion for the solutions of these partial differential equations to be equi-attractive in the large is determined and an estimate for the basin of attraction is given in terms of the impulse durations and the magnitude of the impulses. Extending these results to impulsively synchronize spatiotemporal chaos of the same type of partial differential equations is explored. A proof for the existence of a certain kind of impulses for synchronization such that the error dynamics is equi-attractive in the large, is established. A comparison of the developed theoretical model with other existent numerical models available in the literature has been studied. Several simulation results are given to confirm the theoretical results. Moreover, an investigation of the Lyapunov exponents of the error dynamics between impulsively synchronized spatiotemporal chaotic systems, is done to further confirm the theoretical results.