Programmed population. On a computer or programmable calculator, enter this simplified version of the Verhulst equation, y = 4 x ( 1 − x ) , into its function memory. Start with x = 0.245 and compute 4 x ( 1 − x ) by pressing the function key. Take the result and again press the function key. Repeat 25 times and put the answers in the first column of a table. Now do the whole thing again, but this time start with the slightly different number x = 0.246. Enter the resulting answers in the second column of the table. The resulting answers start by being similar. Do they remain similar? We will explore your observation more in the next section.
Programmed population. On a computer or programmable calculator, enter this simplified version of the Verhulst equation, y = 4 x ( 1 − x ) , into its function memory. Start with x = 0.245 and compute 4 x ( 1 − x ) by pressing the function key. Take the result and again press the function key. Repeat 25 times and put the answers in the first column of a table. Now do the whole thing again, but this time start with the slightly different number x = 0.246. Enter the resulting answers in the second column of the table. The resulting answers start by being similar. Do they remain similar? We will explore your observation more in the next section.
Programmed population. On a computer or programmable calculator, enter this simplified version of the Verhulst equation,
y
=
4
x
(
1
−
x
)
,
into its function memory. Start with
x
=
0.245
and compute
4
x
(
1
−
x
)
by pressing the function key. Take the result and again press the function key. Repeat 25 times and put the answers in the first column of a table. Now do the whole thing again, but this time start with the slightly different number
x
=
0.246.
Enter the resulting answers in the second column of the table. The resulting answers start by being similar. Do they remain similar? We will explore your observation more in the next section.
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