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Lecture 19: One-Dimensional Maps (MAE 5790)

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1:14:35·2014·undergraduate level

This lecture examines one-dimensional maps, focusing on the logistic map as a model for complex dynamics and the period-doubling route to chaos. It analyzes fixed points, their stability, and the iconic orbit diagram, including flip bifurcations.

Logistic map: a simple mathematical model with very complicated dynamics. Influential article by Robert May. Numerical results: Fixed points. Cycles of period 2, 4, 8, 16, .... The period-doubling route to chaos. An icon of chaos: The orbit diagram. Chaos intermingled with periodic windows. Period-3 window. Analytical results: Fixed points and their stability. Flip bifurcation (eigenvalue = --1) at period doubling. Period-2 points and their stability.

Reading: Strogatz, "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos", Sections 10.0-10.2.

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