One-Dimensional Dynamical Systems

Part 4: Linear and Nonlinear Behavior

The software Chaos and Dynamics can be found in the apple-menu, under 'Math Apps'. Go to 'Devaney's Chaos Lab' and load 'Lab 2-Plot and Analyze'.

Push the Add Graph button, marked with a '+'. Now pick a value for .
Push the Add Graph button again, and change the value in the Iterate column from 1 to 2. (Make sure that both graphs correspond to the same .)
To get a closer look at a region, use the mouse to select a region, and click on the Magnify button.

The software Chaos and Dynamics can be found in the apple-menu, under 'Math Apps'. Go to 'Devaney's Chaos Lab' and load 'Lab 3-Orbit Diagram'.

An enlargement of the orbit diagram for the Logistic family.

To start the computation, click on the Iterate button. The program begins by iterating an arbitrary point x₀ as many times as specified in the Iterations box. However, iterates are displayed only after the number of iterates in the First Shown box. Therefore, the transients are not shown in the picture.
To get a picture that reflects the eventual attracting behavior more accurately, increase the numbers in the First Shown and Iterations boxes.
To look at a particular area, select the area with your mouse, and click on the Magnify button. Notice that the numbers in the First Shown and Iterations boxes are increased automatically. You can still increase these numbers even more, if you like.

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Created: Apr 3 1998 --- Last modified: Wed Apr 8 19:24:53 1998