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Many people know the pretty pictures...
but few know the even prettier mathematics.
Oh, that's nothing but the 3/4 bulb ....
...hanging off the period 16 M-set.....
...lying in the 1/7 antenna...
...attached to the 1/3 bulb...
...hanging off the 3/7 bulb...
...on the northwest side of the main cardioid.
Oh, that's nothing but the 3/4 bulb, hanging off the period 16 M-set, lying in the 1/7 antenna of the 1/3 bulb attached to the 3/7 bulb on the northwest side of the main cardioid.
Start with a function: 2 x + constant
Start with a function: 2 x + constant and a seed: x 0
Then iterate: 2 x = x + constant 1 0
Then iterate: 2 x = x + constant 1 0 2 x = x + constant 2 1
Then iterate: 2 x = x + constant 1 0 2 x = x + constant 2 1 2 x = x + constant 3 2
Then iterate: 2 x = x + constant 1 0 2 x = x + constant 2 1 2 x = x + constant 3 2 2 x = x + constant 4 3
Then iterate: 2 x = x + constant 1 0 2 x = x + constant 2 1 Orbit of x 2 0 x = x + constant 3 2 2 x = x + constant 4 3 etc. Goal: understand the fate of orbits.
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 x = 5 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 x = 5 3 x = 26 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 x = 5 3 x = 26 4 x = big 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 x = 5 3 x = 26 4 x = big 5 x = BIGGER 6
2 Example: x + 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 1 x = 2 2 “Orbit tends to infinity” x = 5 3 x = 26 4 x = big 5 x = BIGGER 6
2 Example: x + 0 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 0 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 0 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 0 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 0 1 x = 0 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 0 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 0 1 x = 0 2 x = 0 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x + 0 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 0 1 x = 0 2 “A fixed point” x = 0 3 x = 0 4 x = 0 5 x = 0 6
2 Example: x - 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x - 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = -1 1 x = 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6
2 Example: x - 1 Seed 0 x = 0 0 x = -1 1 x = 0 2 x = 3 x = 4 x = 5 x = 6