A4.6 B4.17
(a) Consider the map , defined on , where , , and the constant satisfies . Give, with reasons, the values of (if any) for which the map has (i) a fixed point, (ii) a cycle of least period , (iii) an aperiodic orbit. Does the map exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions?
Show (graphically if you wish) that if the map has an -cycle then it has an infinite number of such cycles. Is this still true if is replaced by
(b) Consider the map
where and are defined as in Part (a), and is a parameter.
Find the regions of the plane for which the map has (i) no fixed points, (ii) exactly two fixed points.
Now consider the possible existence of a 2-cycle of the map when , and suppose the elements of the cycle are with . By expanding in powers of , so that , and similarly for and , show that
Use this result to sketch the region of the plane in which 2-cycles exist. How many distinct cycles are there for each value of in this region?