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The Birth of Period Three

by Partha Saha (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Steven H. Strogatz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
February, 1995

Subject classification(s): Differential & Difference Equations | Dynamical Systems | Bifurcations | Chaos
Applicable Course(s): 3.6 Differential Equations

The article discusses the onset of period-3 cycles in a logistic map.


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