Generalized synchronization of two discrete systems was discussed. By constructing appropriately nonlinear coupling terms, some sufficient conditions for determining the generalized synchronization between the drive and response systems were derived. In a positive invariant and bounded set, many chaotic maps satisfy the sufficient conditions. The effectiveness of the sufficient conditions is illustrated by three examples.
We investigate the wavefronts depinning in current biased, infinitely long semiconductor superlattice systems by the method of discrete mapping and show that the wavefront depinning corresponds to the discrete mapping failure. For parameter values near the lower critical current in both discrete drift model （DD model） and discrete drift-diffusion model （DDD model）, the mapping failure is determined by the important mapping step from the bottom of branch to branch α. For the upper critical parameters in DDD model, the key mapping step is from branch γ to the top of the corresponding branch α and we may need several active wells to describe the wavefronts.
