A simple chaotic system with non-hyperbolic equilibria

This paper constructs a three-dimensional autonomous chaotic system with simple algebraic structure of only five terms. Interestingly, this system is found to possess two non-hyperbolic equilibria, thus it is not under the class of Å il'nikov sense chaos for owning neither heteroclinic orbit nor homoclinic orbit. Dynamical properties have been revealed with the help of bifurcation route, Poincaré map, frequency spectrum, amplitude modulation and topological horseshoe. We hope that our work can motivate a stimulus for the further study on non-Å il'nikov chaotic system with non-hyperbolic equilibrium.