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Period Three Begins
by Cheng Zhang (Rice University)
This article originally appeared in:Mathematics Magazine
October, 2010
Subject classification(s): Complex Dynamical Systems | Dynamical Systems | Differential and Difference Equations
Applicable Course(s): 3.6 Differential Equations
By exploiting the geometry of the cobweb plot, the author provides a simple and elementary derivation of the parameter for the period-three cycle of the logistic map.
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Capsule Course Topic(s): Ordinary Differential Equations | Analytic Methods
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