Volume 30, Number 1
Special Issue: In Honor of the 90th Anniversary of L. P. Shilnikov: Part I (Guest Editors: Sergey Gonchenko, Andrey Shilnikov, Dmitry Turaev, and Alexey Kazakov)

Gonchenko S. V.,  Malkin M. I.,  Turaev D. V.
Abstract
This issue of RCD is dedicated to the outstanding Russian mathematician Leonid Pavlovich Shilnikov, a leading figure in the theory of dynamical systems, one of the founders of the mathematical theory of dynamical chaos.
The impact of the Shilnikov work on nonlinear dynamics and its applications is indeed enormous. We mention only a few of his groundbreaking scientific achievements: the theory of global bifurcations of multidimensional dynamical systems, the discovery of spiral chaos, the theory of Lorenz-like attractors, the mathematical theory of transition from synchronization to chaos, the theory of homoclinic chaos, among many others.
Citation: Gonchenko S. V.,  Malkin M. I.,  Turaev D. V., In Honor of the 90th Anniversary of Leonid Pavlovich Shilnikov (1934–2011), Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1-8
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010010
Gonchenko S. V.,  Gordeeva O. V.
Abstract
We consider a one-parameter family $f_\mu$ of multidimensional diffeomorphisms such that for $\mu=0$ the diffeomorphism $f_0$ has a transversal homoclinic orbit to a nonhyperbolic fixed point of arbitrary finite order $n\geqslant 1$ of degeneracy, and for $\mu>0$ the fixed point becomes a hyperbolic saddle. In the paper, we give a complete description of the structure of the set $N_\mu$ of all orbits entirely lying in a sufficiently small fixed neighborhood of the homoclinic orbit. Moreover, we show that for $\mu\geqslant 0$ the set $N_\mu$ is hyperbolic (for $\mu=0$ it is nonuniformly hyperbolic) and the dynamical system $f_\mu\bigl|_{N_\mu}$ (the restriction of $f_\mu$ to $N_\mu$) is topologically conjugate to a certain nontrivial subsystem of the topological Bernoulli scheme of two symbols.
Keywords: saddle-node, nonhyperbolic saddle, homoclinic orbit, hyperbolic set, topological Bernoulli scheme, one-dimensional map
Citation: Gonchenko S. V.,  Gordeeva O. V., On the Structure of Orbits from a Neighborhood of a Transversal Homoclinic Orbit to a Nonhyperbolic Fixed Point, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-25
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010022
Malkin M. I.,  Safonov K. A.
Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of smoothness of the stable invariant foliation for a homoclinic bifurcation with a neutral saddle in symmetric systems of differential equations. We give an improved sufficient condition for the existence of an invariant smooth foliation on a cross-section transversal to the stable manifold of the saddle. It is shown that the smoothness of the invariant foliation depends on the gap between the leading stable eigenvalue of the saddle and other stable eigenvalues. We also obtain an equation to describe the one-dimensional factor map, and we study the renormalization properties of this map. The improved information on the smoothness of the foliation and the factor map allows one to extend Shilnikov’s results on the birth of Lorenz attractors under the bifurcation considered.
Keywords: Lorenz attractor, homoclinic bifurcation, invariant foliation
Citation: Malkin M. I.,  Safonov K. A., On Smoothness of Invariant Foliations Near a Homoclinic Bifurcation Creating Lorenz-Like Attractors, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 26-44
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010034
Glyzin S. D.,  Kolesov A. Y.
Abstract
An arbitrary diffeomorphism $f$ of class $C^1$ acting from an open subset $U$ of Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $m,$ $m\ge 2,$ into $f(U)\subset M$ is considered. Let $A$ be a compact subset of $U$ invariant for $f,$ i.e. $f(A)=A.$ Various sufficient conditions are proposed under which $A$ is a hyperbolic set of the diffeomorphism $f.$
Keywords: diffeomorphism, manifold, invariant set, hyperbolicity
Citation: Glyzin S. D.,  Kolesov A. Y., On a Method for Verifying Hyperbolicity, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 45-56
DOI:10.1134/S1560354724570024
Emelianova A. A.,  Nekorkin V. I.
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the results obtained from the study of adaptive dynamical networks of Kuramoto oscillators with higher-order interactions. The main focus is on results in the field of synchronization and collective chaotic dynamics. Identifying the dynamical mechanisms underlying the synchronization of oscillator ensembles with higher-order interactions may contribute to further advances in understanding the work of some complex systems such as the neural networks of the brain.
Keywords: Kuramoto model, adaptive couplings, higher-order interactions, synchronization, chaos, mixed dynamics
Citation: Emelianova A. A.,  Nekorkin V. I., Synchronization and Chaos in Adaptive Kuramoto Networks with Higher-Order Interactions: A Review, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 57-75
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010046
Bolotin S. V.
Abstract
We study the dynamics of a multidimensional slow-fast Hamiltonian system in a neighborhood of the slow manifold under the assumption that the frozen system has a hyperbolic equilibrium with complex simple leading eigenvalues and there exists a transverse homoclinic orbit. We obtain formulas for the corresponding Shilnikov separatrix map and prove the existence of trajectories in a neighborhood of the homoclinic set with a prescribed evolution of the slow variables. An application to the 3 body problem is given.
Keywords: Hamiltonian system, homoclinic orbit, Poincaré function, separatrix map
Citation: Bolotin S. V., Dynamics of Slow-Fast Hamiltonian Systems: The Saddle-Focus Case, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 76-92
DOI:10.1134/S1560354724590039
Medvedev V. S.,  Zhuzhoma E. V.
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We prove that an $n$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$, $n\geqslant 2$, admits structurally stable diffeomorphisms $\mathbb{S}^n\to\mathbb{S}^n$ with nonorientable expanding attractors of any topological dimension $d\in\{1,\ldots,[\frac{n}{2}]\}$ where $[x]$ is the integer part of $x$. In addition, any $n$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$, $n\geqslant 3$, admits axiom A diffeomorphisms $\mathbb{S}^n\to\mathbb{S}^n$ with orientable expanding attractors of any topological dimension $d\in\{1,\ldots,[\frac{n}{3}]\}$. We prove that an $n$-torus $\mathbb{T}^n$, $n\geqslant 2$, admits structurally stable diffeomorphisms $\mathbb{T}^n\to\mathbb{T}^n$ with orientable expanding attractors of any topological dimension $d\in\{1,\ldots,n-1\}$. We also prove that, given any closed $n$-manifold $M^n$, $n\geqslant 2$, and any $d\in\{1,\ldots,[\frac{n}{2}]\}$, there is an axiom A diffeomorphism $f: M^n\to M^n$ with a $d$-dimensional nonorientable expanding attractor. Similar statements hold for axiom A flows.
Keywords: axiom A systems, basic set, expanding attractor
Citation: Medvedev V. S.,  Zhuzhoma E. V., On the Existence of Expanding Attractors with Different Dimensions, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 93-102
DOI:10.1134/S1560354724580020
Kashchenko A. A.,  Kashchenko S. A.
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to study small oscillations and oscillations with an asymptotically large amplitude in nonlinear systems of two equations with delay, regularly depending on a small parameter. We assume that the nonlinearity is compactly supported, i. e., its action is carried out only in a certain finite region of phase space. Local oscillations are studied by classical methods of bifurcation theory, and the study of nonlocal dynamics is based on a special large-parameter method, which makes it possible to reduce the original problem to the analysis of a specially constructed finite-dimensional mapping. In all cases, algorithms for constructing the asymptotic behavior of solutions are developed. In the case of local analysis, normal forms are constructed that determine the dynamics of the original system in a neighborhood of the zero equilibrium state, the asymptotic behavior of the periodic solution is constructed, and the question of its stability is answered. In studying nonlocal solutions, one-dimensional mappings are constructed that make it possible to determine the behavior of solutions with an asymptotically large amplitude. Conditions for the existence of a periodic solution are found and its stability is investigated.
Keywords: asymptotics, delay, periodic solutions, compactly supported nonlinearity
Citation: Kashchenko A. A.,  Kashchenko S. A., Local and Nonlocal Cycles in a System with Delayed Feedback Having Compact Support, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 103-119
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010058
Efremova L. S.,  Novozhilov D. A.
Abstract
In this paper we prove criteria of a $C^0$- $\Omega$-blowup in $C^1$-smooth skew products with a closed set of periodic points on multidimensional cells and give examples of maps that admit such a $\Omega$-blowup. Our method is based on the study of the properties of the set of chain-recurrent points. We also prove that the set of weakly nonwandering points of maps under consideration coincides with the chain-recurrent set, investigate the approximation (in the $C^0$-norm) and entropy properties of $C^1$-smooth skew products with a closed set of periodic points.
Keywords: skew product of interval maps, quotient map, fiber maps, chain-recurrent point, weakly non-wandering point, $\Omega$-blowup, topological entropy
Citation: Efremova L. S.,  Novozhilov D. A., Chain-Recurrent $C^0$- $\Omega$-Blowup in $C^1$-Smooth Simplest Skew Products on Multidimensional Cells, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 120-140
DOI:10.1134/S156035472501006X
Meshcheryakov M. V.,  Zhukova N. I.
Abstract
Continuous actions of topological semigroups on products $X$ of an arbitrary family of topological spaces $X_i$, $i\in J,$ are studied. The relationship between the dynamical properties of semigroups acting on the factors $X_i$ and the same properties of the product of semigroups on the product $X$ of these spaces is investigated. We consider the following dynamical properties: topological transitivity, existence of a dense orbit, density of a union of minimal sets, and density of the set of points with closed orbits. The sensitive dependence on initial conditions is investigated for countable products of metric spaces. Various examples are constructed. In particular, on an infinite-dimen\-sio\-nal torus we have constructed a continual family of chaotic semi\-group dynamical systems that are pairwise topologi\-cal\-ly not conjugate by homeomorphisms preserving the structure of the product of this torus.
Keywords: topological semigroup, Tychonoff product of topological spaces, topological transitivity, sensitivity, chaotic semigroup
Citation: Meshcheryakov M. V.,  Zhukova N. I., Dynamical Properties of Continuous Semigroup Actions and Their Products, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 141-154
DOI:10.1134/S1560354725010071