We study the synchronization of time-delayed nonidentical maps subject to unidirectional (master–slave) coupling. The individual dynamics of the maps have a delay n1, and the coupling acts with a delay n2. We show analytically that, suitably tuning the slave map parameters, two distinct...

We study the synchronization of two chaotic maps with unidirectional (master–slave) coupling. Both maps have an intrinsic delay n1, and coupling acts with a delay n2. Depending on the sign of the difference n1−n2, the slave map can synchronize to a future or a past state of the master...