B1.17

Dynamical Systems | Part II, 2002

Let fcf_{c} be the map of the closed interval [0,1][0,1] to itself given by

fc(x)=cx(1x), where 0c4.f_{c}(x)=c x(1-x), \text { where } 0 \leqslant c \leqslant 4 .

Sketch the graphs of fcf_{c} and (without proof) of fc2f_{c}^{2}, find their fixed points, and determine which of the fixed points of fcf_{c} are attractors. Does your argument work for c=3?c=3 ?

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