In this paper, the chaotic dynamics of a three-dimensional fractional-order chaotic system is investigated. The lowest order for exhibiting chaos in the fractional-order system is obtained. Adaptive schemes are proposed for control and synchronization of the fractional-order chaotic system based on the stability theory of fractional-order dynamic systems. The presented schemes, which contain only a single-state variable, are simple and flexible. Numerical simulations are used to demonstrate the feasibility of the presented methods.
