Logistic map bifurcation diagram

xₙ₊₁ = r · xₙ · (1 − xₙ) — period doubling, chaos, and trajectories

Control parameter r

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Bifurcation diagram

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Vertical dashed line: Feigenbaum point r ≈ 3.570. Blue line: selected r = 3.2000.

Trajectory at r = 3.2000

Iterates x₀ = 0.5 → x₁ → x₂ → … Dashed line marks end of initial transient (first 40 steps).

Feigenbaum constant

Period-doubling bifurcations at r = 3, 3.449…, 3.544… crowd together; the ratio of successive interval widths approaches the universal constant δ ≈ 4.669.

Measuring bifurcation spacings from the logistic map…