36 L. Hong et al.
A collision with a chaotic saddle in a fractal boundary is the typical mechanism by
which hyerchaotic attractors can be suddenly destroyed. In the hyperchaotic crises,
the chaotic saddle in the boundary has a complicated pattern and plays an extremely
important role. We also investigate the formation and evolution of the chaotic saddle
in the fractal boundary, particularly concentrating on its discontinuous bifurcations
(metamorphoses). We demonstrate that the saddle in the boundary undergoes an
abrupt enlargement in its size by a collision between two saddles in basin interior
and boundary.
Acknowledgments This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China under
Grant Nos. 10772140 and 10872155 as well as the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned
Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry.
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