Two geometrical invariants for three‐dimensional systems

Abstract

The subject of KCC theory is a second‐order ordinary differential equation, it is sometimes difficult to convert the high dimensional system into an equivalent second‐order system because of the analytical requirements of KCC theory. By means of the Euler‐Lagrange extension of a flow on a Riemannian manifold, this paper gives five geometric invariants of some three‐dimensional systems with great convenience, and focus on the analysis of two of them. The results show that the hyperbolic equilibria corresponding to the seven standard forms of three‐dimensional linear systems are Jacobi unstable. This is completely different from what we got before in two‐dimensional systems, where Jacobi stable and Jacobi unstable correspond to focus and node, respectively. All equilibria of classical Lü chaotic system and Yang‐Chen chaotic system are Jacobi unstable. Meanwhile, in three‐dimensional linear case, the torsion tensors at any point of the trajectory are identically equal to zero, but the two nonlinear systems have nonzero torsion tensors components.