It is shown that Hamiltonian systems can exhibit the phenomenon of chaotic synchronization. Specific attention is paid to the standard map. Analytic synchronization conditions are derived and numerically verified for the standard map. We report on experimental studies of an analog electronic circuit realization of a ‘‘piecewise linear standard map.’’ When coupled appropriately to a duplicate circuit, chaotic synchronization is observed. The relevance of this study to synchronization in other Hamiltonian systems is discussed.

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