Analysis and Synchronization of the Chen System with Fractional Derivative

In this paper, we study the dynamic behaviors and chaos synchronization of the Chen system described by Caputo–Hadamard fractional derivative. First, the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Chen system with Caputo–Hadamard derivative are proved by qualitative analysis. Further, the stability of equilibria of the considered system is analyzed with the aid of Routh–Hurwitz criteria. Meanwhile, the bifurcation condition of the Caputo–Hadamard Chen system is compared with the integer-order Chen system, where the differences between the two systems are demonstrated numerically. In the study of chaos synchronization of the drive–response Chen systems with Caputo–Hadamard derivative, two control schemes are developed: three nonlinear controllers and single linear controller. The feasibility of two control schemes is verified, and the synchronization performances of these two schemes are compared by numerical simulations. Based on this, the influence of the fractional-order on chaos synchronization performance is illustrated as well.