title: Relation between the extended time-delayed feedback control algorithm and the method of harmonic oscillators.
abstract: In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. E 91, 012920 (2015)] Olyaei and Wu have proposed a new chaos control method in which a target periodic orbit is approximated by a system of harmonic oscillators. We consider an application of such a controller to single-input single-output systems in the limit of an infinite number of oscillators. By evaluating the transfer function in this limit, we show that this controller transforms into the known extended time-delayed feedback controller. This finding gives rise to an approximate finite-dimensional theory of the extended time-delayed feedback control algorithm, which provides a simple method for estimating the leading Floquet exponents of controlled orbits. Numerical demonstrations are presented for the chaotic Rössler, Duffing, and Lorenz systems as well as the normal form of the Hopf bifurcation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, A. Goštauto 11, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Viktoras
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pyragas
authors.affiliation: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, A. Goštauto 11, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Kestutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pyragas