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Chaos Theory

Logistic Map

A simple map that routes to chaos.

xₙ₊₁ = r xₙ(1 − xₙ)

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What it means

The logistic map is a one-line recurrence whose period-doubling cascade is a canonical route to chaos as the growth parameter r increases.

Variables

xpopulation fraction
rgrowth rate

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