In this Reply we answer the two major issues raised by the Comment. First, we point out that the idea of constructing extreme multistability in simple dynamical systems is not new and has been demonstrated previously by other authors. Furthermore, we emphasize the importance of the concept of a conserved quantity and its consequences for the dynamics, which applies to all the examples in the Comment. Second, we show that the design of controllers to achieve extreme multistability in coupled systems is as general as described in Phys. Rev. E 85, 035202(R) (2012) by providing two examples which do not lead to a master-slave dynamics.

• Received 26 December 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.066902