Genealogical tree of Russian schools on Nonlinear Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper constructs a genealogical tree of Russian nonlinear dynamics research schools, illustrating the mentorship and influence networks among researchers in the field within Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive genealogical mapping of Russian nonlinear dynamics schools, including formal and informal mentorship relationships.

Findings

Mapped the genealogical tree of Russian nonlinear dynamics schools.

Identified key influential researchers and mentorship patterns.

Highlighted the structure and development of scientific schools in Russia.

Abstract

One of the most prominent feature of research in Russia and the former Soviet Union is so-called scientific schools. It is a collaboration of researchers with a common scientific background working, as a rule, together in a specific city or even at an institution. The genealogical tree of scientific schools on nonlinear dynamics in Russia and the former Soviet Union is grown. We use these terminology in a broad sense including theory of dynamical systems and chaos and its applications in nonlinear physics. In most cases we connect two persons if one was an advisor of the Doctoral thesis of another one. It is an analogue of the Candidate of Science thesis in Russia. If the person had no official advisor or we don't know exactly who was an advisor, we fix that person who was known to be an informal teacher and has influenced on him/her very much.