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- From: scavo@cie.uoregon.edu (Tom Scavo)
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- Subject: Re: basins of attraction
- Summary: Here's a simple example...
- Keywords: iteration basin attraction algorithm
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 17:23:38 GMT
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- In article <erwin.725499996@trwacs> erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
- >The basin of attraction for an attractive fixed point is the region that
- >converges on the point under the operation of the function. Look at the
- >inverse of the function. The region that nearby points reach under the
- >operation of the inverse is the basin you're looking for.
-
- Conceptually maybe, but is this practical? Consider the following example:
-
- The map F(x) = x - tan(x) has a third order attracting fixed point
- at x = pi . The immediate basin is, I believe, bounded by a repelling
- 2-cycle. How do I get a handle on this basin numerically?
-
- >Note that if the
- >function operates discretely, the resulting "basin" may well be quite
- >strange...
-
- I'd be happy with the _immediate_ basin (which is an open interval).
-
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- Tom Scavo
- scavo@cie.uoregon.edu
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