AN EXAMPLE: DISCRETE VS CONTINUOUS TIME

• THE LOGISTIC EQUATION: (DESCRIBES POPULATION DYNAMICS)

• Xn+1 = AXn(1 - Xn )

• INVOLVES DISCRETE TIME

• FOR 4 ? A ? 3.8 THE DYNAMICS ARE CHAOTIC

• PASSING TO CONTINUOUS TIME LOOSES CHAOTIC DYNAMICS!

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