Cobweb Diagram

Visualisation of function iteration of f(x) = a x (1-x) where parameter a and the start value of the iteration can be changed with sliders. This nicely shows that small changes in parameter values can have huge effects on the iteration, i.e. we have chaotic behaviour here.

 

Markus Hohenwarter

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
chaos  cobweb  exploration  function  iteration  sequences-and-series 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United States)
 
 
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4.2
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