<p>We describe a <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11819_2025_7238_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="21" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(C^{1}\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-open set of systems of differential equations in <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11819_2025_7238_Article_IEq2.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="23" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(R^{n}\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, for any <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11819_2025_7238_Article_IEq3.gif" Format="GIF" Height="15" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="43" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(n\geqslant 4\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, where every system has a chain-transitive chaotic attractor whichcontains a saddle-focus equilibrium with a two-dimensional unstable manifold. The attractor also includes a wild hyperbolic set and a heterodimensional cycle involvinghyperbolic sets with different numbers of positive Lyapunov exponents.</p>
A Geometric Model for Pseudohyperbolic Shilnikov Attractors
We describe a \(C^{1}\)-open set of systems of differential equations in \(R^{n}\), for any \(n\geqslant 4\), where every system has a chain-transitive chaotic attractor whichcontains a saddle-focus equilibrium with a two-dimensional unstable manifold. The attractor also includes a wild hyperbolic set and a heterodimensional cycle involvinghyperbolic sets with different numbers of positive Lyapunov exponents.