Yujie Wu , Zijing Zhang , Zhenhang Xu , Jie Liu , Man Tao , Binyu Wu , Zhuoyue Sun , Zan Zhang , Zihan Liu , Chuhong Zhuang , Weiting Wang , Hongwei Gong , Xiang Zhou , Dongmei Deng
{"title":"Tunable optical bottles and needle-like focuses of elliptical swallowtail beams","authors":"Yujie Wu , Zijing Zhang , Zhenhang Xu , Jie Liu , Man Tao , Binyu Wu , Zhuoyue Sun , Zan Zhang , Zihan Liu , Chuhong Zhuang , Weiting Wang , Hongwei Gong , Xiang Zhou , Dongmei Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117278","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117278","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we break away from the conventional circular symmetric framework by proposing the elliptical Swallowtail beam (ESB), whose elliptical symmetry gives rise to a series of distinctive features. Notably, the ESB exhibits spontaneous dual-focusing behavior. Leveraging this property, we demonstrate that simply introducing a second-order chirp factor enables the generation of highly tunable optical bottles with adjustable numbers, lengths, and cross-sectional areas. Furthermore, needle-like focal spots form at the bottle openings, with their size and orientation precisely controllable. Optical tweezers experiments confirm the practical utility of the ESB: the needle-like focuses allow linear manipulation of silica particles, while the optical bottles stably trap mesocarbon particles in air. With its unique intrinsic properties and excellent tunability, the ESB paves the way for the design of advanced optical tweezers and versatile optical manipulation schemes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117278"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145217988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new discrete fractional AMAR model for finance time series forecasting by machine learning","authors":"Xin-Yi Xu, Guo-Cheng Wu, Derong Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117296","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117296","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyzes and addresses the modeling problem of short-term dependent time series. Firstly, discrete fractional calculus is proposed to enhance the performance of the classical model. A fractional Autoregressive Moving Average model is proposed. Then, the neural network is adopted to construct an optimization problem. The automatic model selection algorithm is used to find an optimal solution, along with optimal neural network architectures. Furthermore, the neural network is trained, and the parameter estimation of the proposed model for stock price forecasting is obtained. Through the robust testing, model verification, and comparison with traditional models, the experimental results demonstrate the new model’s efficiency and reliability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117296"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145217994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suppression mechanism of vortex-induced vibrations using non-linear energy sink with inerter based mechanical networks","authors":"K.Devarajan , Fenq Qian , Lei Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117246","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117246","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents a detailed analytical and numerical investigation into the suppression of vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) in circular cylinders using an inerter-based nonlinear energy sink (INES). The INES system, developed by integrating inerter-based mechanical networks into a conventional nonlinear energy sink, is evaluated for its ability to mitigate high-amplitude oscillations in circular cylinder resulting from fluid–structure interactions. The coupled dynamics are modeled using a Van der Pol oscillator to represent wake effects, along with a primary structure subjected to cross-flow excitation. Analytical techniques like the Complexification-Averaging (CX-A) method are used to derive the slow-flow equations and develop the Slow Invariant Manifold (SIM). This approach helps reveal strongly modulated responses (SMRs) and provides insight into the underlying energy transfer processes. Results reveal that the INES facilitates targeted energy transfer (TET), efficiently reducing structural vibrations compared to conventional NES systems. Parametric studies identify optimal ranges for mass ratio, non-dimensional stiffness and damping ratio, and inertance values for effective VIV control. The findings underscore the potential of INES as a passive yet highly effective vibration control strategy for fluid-excited structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117246"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145217995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Boquan Ren , Yongfeng Qu , Milivoj R. Belić , Yongdong Li , Yiqi Zhang
{"title":"Vortex and corner solitons in Stampfli-tiling dodecagonal quasiperiodic lattices","authors":"Boquan Ren , Yongfeng Qu , Milivoj R. Belić , Yongdong Li , Yiqi Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117285","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117285","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Quasicrystals are ubiquitous materials that lack translational symmetry but exhibit rotational symmetry. Past studies have demonstrated that quasicrystals offer a promising platform for vortex generation and topological phase transitions. To date, explorations of quasicrystals are diverse, owing to their abundant structures and fascinating properties. Here, we report the existence and stability of thresholdless vortex and corner solitons in Stampfli-tiled dodecagonal quasiperiodic lattices. Theoretical analysis shows that both types of solitons bifurcate from their linear counterparts. Their propagation constants, confined within the bandgap, along with distinct localization characteristics, can be effectively tuned by adjusting the power. According to linear stability analysis and numerical simulations, both vortex and corner solitons exhibit complete stability across their entire existence domains under self-defocusing nonlinearity. By contrast, vortex solitons are stable only at low power levels, while corner solitons display universal instability under self-focusing conditions. These findings provide novel theoretical insights into the behavior of nonlinear waves in quasiperiodic lattices and hold potential for optical information processing and integrated photonic device design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117285"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145217878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bosiljka Tadić , Marija Mitrović Dankulov , Roderick Melnik
{"title":"Synchronisation of clusters around brain hubs promotes multiscale phase oscillations in the human connectome","authors":"Bosiljka Tadić , Marija Mitrović Dankulov , Roderick Melnik","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Brain imaging data mapping onto human connectome networks enables the investigation of global brain dynamics, where the central brain regions known as brain hubs play an essential role in transferring activity between different brain parts. At this scale, the synchronisation processes are increasingly investigated as one of the key mechanisms revealing many aspects of brain functional coherence in healthy brains and revealing deviations due to various brain disorders. For the human connectome core network, consisting of the eight brain hubs and the higher-order structure attached to them, previous simulations of Kuramoto phase oscillators at network nodes indicate instability of the global order parameter for a range of positive coupling strengths. Focusing on this range of couplings, here we investigate the occurrence of the cluster synchronisation phenomenon in the human connectome core network and its manifestation in the multiscale temporal oscillations of the global phase order parameter. We use the spectral graph analysis and eigenvector localisation methodology, where the clusters of nodes playing a similar role in the synchronisation processes are identified via a small mutual distance in the eigenvector space. We determine three significant clusters of brain regions and show the position of hubs in them. With the parallel analysis of the weighted core network and its binary version, we demonstrate the primary role of the network’s topology in the formation of synchronised clusters. Meanwhile, the weights of edges contribute to the hub’s synchronisation with the surrounding cluster, stabilise the order parameter variations and reduce the multifractal spectrum.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117261"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145156328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing polarization in social networks with adversarial opinion perturbations","authors":"Lan Zhang , Lulu Gong , Changwei Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117294","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117294","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of perturbations on the evolution of opinions is a significant topic in complex systems and sociophysics. Previous studies have suggested that perturbations can alter opinion distributions, either promoting or inhibiting consensus formation. In this paper, we propose a model that integrates complex network topology and adversarial perturbations to simulate social opinion dynamics. Four main parameters are considered: social sensitivity, homophily, perturbation intensity, and network-connection probability. Our numerical simulations show that three primary patterns of collective opinion can emerge: consensus, radicalization, and polarization. Higher social sensitivity strengthens the radicalization and polarization states, while stronger homophily leads to more polarized opinions. Increased connection probability intensifies polarization by increasing network connectivity; however, adversarial perturbations reduce the prevalence of radicalization and polarization states, with stronger perturbations producing greater reductions. We employ microscopic evolutionary analysis to explain this pattern. These findings point to the important role of network structure and adversarial perturbations in reducing extreme states, offering theoretical insights for addressing societal polarization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117294"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145181295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiao Wang , Zean Tian , Xianming Wu , Haiwei Sang , Xiong Yu , Zongyun Yang , Huaigu Tian
{"title":"Feature inheritance in tree-type maps: Achieving extreme multistability and high-complexity dynamics","authors":"Qiao Wang , Zean Tian , Xianming Wu , Haiwei Sang , Xiong Yu , Zongyun Yang , Huaigu Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117283","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117283","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Existing methods for constructing chaotic systems struggle to balance dynamic complexity, feature controllability, and structural scalability, which limits the actual performance. This paper proposes two types of tree-type maps: CPCTM (Cascade-Parallel Coupling Tree-type Map) and PCCTM (Parameter-Controlled Coupling Tree-type Map). Their core innovation lies in their hierarchical tree structure. CPCTM boosts feature inheritance and complexity by leveraging the multi-level cascading-parallel coupling of seed maps, while PCCTM utilizes memristor outputs as control parameters to dynamically regulate system dynamics. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that both maps inherit the initial-boosted extreme multistability of the seed maps and exhibit inherent 2<span><math><mi>π</mi></math></span> periodicity. Performance evaluations verify that the proposed maps outperform existing models in spectral entropy, C<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> complexity, and overall performance. Hardware experiments conducted on STM32 platform validate the numerical simulations. Moreover, pseudo-random sequences generated by these maps pass the NIST SP800-22 test suite, confirming their reliability for cryptographic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117283"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145181297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanyan Han , Minlan Li , Xuemeng Song , Jia-Xu Han , Feng Zhang , Rui-Wu Wang
{"title":"The impact of time-weighted historical payoffs on evolution dynamics of strategies","authors":"Yanyan Han , Minlan Li , Xuemeng Song , Jia-Xu Han , Feng Zhang , Rui-Wu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117236","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117236","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Evolutionary game theory often oversimplifies fitness by equating it with immediate payoffs. This approach neglects biological realities, such as historical payoffs, resource storage, and metabolic transformation. This study addresses this gap by proposing a novel time-weighted fitness framework. This framework integrates these processes through a three-level structure: resource acquisition, cumulative fitness, and instantaneous fitness. This framework incorporates a maximum storable resource amount and three time-weighted modes (equal, decreasing, increasing) to simulate diverse life-history strategies. Analytical and numerical results reveal that time-weighted resource metabolism generates evolutionary dynamics inaccessible to the classical model. Decreasing time-weighting prioritizes early resource gains. This mode can induce persistent oscillations in strategy frequencies and strong path dependence, which aligns with capital breeding strategies. Increasing time-weighting, which amplifies recent resource gains, intensifies selection pressure over time, corresponding to terminal sprint strategies like pre-dormancy hyperphagia. When resources saturate, all dynamics revert to classical forms, signaling a strategic shift from capital accumulation to income competition. This work unifies historical contingency with instantaneous selection. It offers a mechanistic theory for interpreting diverse ecological patterns, from population cycles to life-history transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117236"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145181298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of environment-based heterogeneous bounded confidence on opinion dynamics","authors":"Lan Zhang , Shun Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the bounded confidence model of opinion dynamics, agents only consider opinion interaction when the difference between their opinions is smaller than the bounded confidence. It is commonly assumed in previous studies that individuals possess homogeneous bounded confidence. However, in real life, agents in different environments may have different bounded confidences. This paper proposes a ring-based model that links the bounded confidences of agents to their local order parameters by introducing parameters <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> and <span><math><mi>ϵ</mi></math></span> to modulate their functional relationship, where <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> controls the social attitudes of individuals in the population and <span><math><mi>ϵ</mi></math></span> represents the maximum allowed bounded confidence. The results indicate that smaller values of <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> promote a higher probability of consensus in the system. By examining the evolution of agents’ local order parameters and bounded confidences from a microscopic perspective, we explain how <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> influences opinion dynamics. Subsequently, we investigate opinion evolution under different degrees for each agent and find that, although parameter selection affects the final outcome to some extent, an optimal degree generally exists that maximizes the system’s consensus probability. Finally, we discuss the impact of the parameter <span><math><mi>ϵ</mi></math></span> on opinion dynamics, revealing that for larger values of <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span>, there exists an optimal <span><math><mi>ϵ</mi></math></span> that maximizes the probability of consensus.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117293"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145181296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The coordinate functions of the Heighway dragon curve","authors":"D.A. Caprio","doi":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117301","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117301","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, we investigate the coordinate functions of a generalized Heighway dragon curve and analyze the fractal structure of their graphs using box-counting dimension. In particular, we study the coordinate functions <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>y</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> of the dragon curve for angles <span><math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></mfrac><mo><</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo><</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>5</mn><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></span>, and establish that the box-counting dimension of their graphs is <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mfrac><mrow><mo>log</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mo>cos</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>log</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9764,"journal":{"name":"Chaos Solitons & Fractals","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 117301"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145156303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}