TY - JOUR A1 - Viana, R. L. A1 - Grebogi, Celso A1 - Pinto, Seds A1 - Lopes, S. R. A1 - Batista, A. M. A1 - Kurths, Jürgen T1 - Validity of numerical trajectories in the synchronization transition of complex systems N2 - We investigate the relationship between the loss of synchronization and the onset of shadowing breakdown via unstable dimension variability in complex systems. In the neighborhood of the critical transition to strongly nonhyperbolic behavior, the system undergoes on-off intermittency with respect to the synchronization state. There are potentially severe consequences of these facts on the validity of the computer-generated trajectories obtained from dynamical systems whose synchronization manifolds share the same nonhyperbolic properties Y1 - 2003 SN - 1063-651X ER -