Exploring the beauty of mathematical chaos

Graphical Iteration

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Converging to extinction (0); Initial conditions: x₀ = 0.4 and x₀ = 0.9

The graphical iteration process: starting from x₀ on the x-axis, move vertically to the parabola to find x₁, then horizontally to the diagonal, then vertically again to find x₂, and so on.

Tip: For r < 1, both trajectories converge to extinction. For 1 < r < 3, they converge to a stable non-zero fixed point.