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The graph of the logistic map is a tower

Dynamical Systems 2021-03-31 v2

Abstract

The qualitative behavior of a dynamical system can be encoded in a graph. Each node of the graph is an equivalence class of chain-recurrent points and there is an edge from node AA to node BB if, using arbitrary small perturbations, a trajectory starting from any point of A can be steered to any point of B. In this article we describe the graph of the logistic map. Our main result is that the graph is always a tower, namely there is an edge connecting each pair of distinct nodes. Notice that these graphs never contain cycles. If there is an edge from node A to node B, the unstable manifold of some periodic orbit in A contains points that eventually map onto B. For special parameter values, this tower has infinitely many nodes.

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@article{arxiv.2008.08338,
  title  = {The graph of the logistic map is a tower},
  author = {Roberto De Leo and James A. Yorke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.08338},
  year   = {2021}
}

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30 pages, 9 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-23T17:57:30.645Z