Jacobi Stability Analysis of the Chen System

In this paper, the research of the Jacobi stability of the Chen system is performed by using the KCC-theory. By associating a nonlinear connection and a Berwald connection, five geometrical invariants of the Chen system are obtained. The Jacobi stability of the Chen system at equilibrium points and a periodic orbit is investigated in terms of the eigenvalues of the deviation curvature tensor. The obtained results show that the origin is always Jacobi unstable, while the Jacobi stability of the other two nonzero equilibrium points depends on the values of the parameters. And a periodic orbit of the Chen system is proved to be also Jacobi unstable. Furthermore, Jacobi stability regions of the Chen system and the Lorenz system are compared. Finally, the dynamical behavior of the components of the deviation vector near the equilibrium points is also discussed.