Science and Computers I -- PHY307/607
Homework 2
Read the chapter Life's Ups and Downs
from James Gleick's
book Chaos - making a new science.
Then answer the following questions (a paragraph will be
sufficient for each):
- What happens to Robert May's fish population when the
boom-and-bustiness parameter r lies between 0 and 1.0.
Describe the regime 1.0< r< 3.0. What happens when r is
increased still further ?
- What is meant by the phrase period doubling ?
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