Exploring the dynamics of a multistable general model of discrete memristor-based map featuring an exponentially varying memristance

Chua's groundbreaking discovery in 1971 introduced the memristor as the fourth essential electrical compo-nent, joining resistance, capacitance, and inductance. Over the past few years, numerous discrete memristor models have been developed following its formal proposal, expanding our understanding of this subject. However, there is limited discussion about multistable discrete memristor models. This research combines a comprehensive methodology for generating memristive maps using the modulo function and an exponential memristance, resulting in the development of a multistable discrete memristor model. Nonlinear techniques, such as bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov spectrum diagrams, and phase portraits were utilized to analyze the dynamic characteristics of the system. The findings uncovered a range of captivating phenomena associated with chaos theory, including regular orbits, chaotic orbits, the mechanism of period doubling leading to chaos, crisis phenomena, and the presence of multistability.