The Delay Logistic Model 95
Figure 4.17(a) illustrates the same map as in Figure 4.16(b), but in the latter case
only the centers and the corresponding squares are present. When the control para-
meter is very small, a = 0.01, almost perfect squares appear. This is illustrated in
Figure 4.17(b). The chaotic sea almost disappears and the non-symmetric islands
become geometric objects. The original central square is drawn (starting with an
initial value a bit less than
π
2
), along with the first group of four surrounding squares
(starting with an initial value a bit more than
π
2
).
(a) Square-like forms (b) The generating squares
FIGURE 4.17: Square-like forms
The case of b = 1 is illustrated in Figure 4.18(a). The control parameter here is
a =
π
3
. The building blocks for the construction of the above carpet-like form are two
interrelated objects close to the origin (marked by a cross in Figure 4.18(b), where a
was set to 0.001). The two forms have the shape of almost perfect squares, with their
centers located at (−
π
2
,
π
2
) and at (
π
2
, −
π
2
).
The bifurcation diagram (b, x) appears in Figure 4.19(a). Period doubling and to-
tally chaotic regions are clearly present. At the end of the diagram the chaotic region
has a stochastic character. The oscillations seem to cover the entire plane. Interesting
windows and special forms appear when a takes the special values
π
3
,
π
2
,
2π
3
, π and
3π
2
.
The value
3π
2
is the lower limit for the control parameter a. Beyond it, the chaotic
sea covers the entire plane, with no islands present. Figure 4.19(b) shows the case
where a =
π
2
. On the outer part of each pattern we can see 6 small islands.
When a =
2π
3
the fixed point bifurcates into a period-2 orbit. This is illustrated in
Figure 4.19(c). The six islands from the preceding case are now separated from the
original form, and are inside the chaotic sea. On the boundary one can now see 4
islands. The system is at the starting point of the bifurcation. In Figure 4.19(d) the
bifurcation has been completed, and two distinct chaotic objects appear. The control
parameter at this point is a = π.
When the control parameter is increased, a triangular form appears (Figure 4.20(a),