Editing Logistic map (section)

==== Case when 3.56995 < r < 4 ====
===== Qualitative Summary =====
[[File:Feigenbaum Tree.gif|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|284x284px|Evolution of different initial conditions as a function of {{mvar|r}} (The parameter k from the figure corresponds to the parameter r from the definition in the article.)]]
[[File:Feigenbaum tree with bias.gif|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Evolution of different initial conditions as a function of ''{{mvar|r}}'' with bias (The parameter k from the figure corresponds to the parameter r from the definition in the article.)|283x283px]]

* At {{math|''r'' ≈ 3.56995}} {{OEIS|id=A098587}} is the onset of chaos, at the end of the period-doubling cascade. From almost all initial conditions, we no longer see oscillations of finite period.  Slight variations in the initial population yield dramatically different results over time, a prime characteristic of chaos.
* This number shall be compared and understood as the equivalent of the [[Reynolds number]] for the onset of other chaotic phenomena such as [[turbulence]] and similar to the [[critical temperature]] of a [[phase transition]]. In essence the [[phase space]] contains a full subspace of cases with extra dynamical variables to characterize the microscopic state of the system, these can be understood as [[Eddies]] in the case of turbulence and [[order parameters]] in the case of [[phase transitions]].
* Most values of {{mvar|r}} beyond 3.56995 exhibit chaotic behaviour, but there are still certain isolated ranges of {{mvar|r}} that show non-chaotic behavior; these are sometimes called ''islands of stability''. For instance, beginning at 1&nbsp;+&nbsp;{{sqrt|8}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zhang |first=Cheng |title=Period three begins |journal=[[Mathematics Magazine]] |volume=83 |date=October 2010 |issue=4 |pages=295–297 |doi=10.4169/002557010x521859|s2cid=123124113 }}</ref> (approximately 3.82843) there is a range of parameters {{mvar|r}} that show oscillation among three values, and for slightly higher values of {{mvar|r}} oscillation among 6 values, then 12 etc.
* At <math>r = 1 + \sqrt 8 = 3.8284...</math>, the stable period-3 cycle emerges.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bechhoefer |first=John |date=1996-04-01 |title=The Birth of Period 3, Revisited |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.1996.11996402 |journal=Mathematics Magazine |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=115–118 |doi=10.1080/0025570X.1996.11996402 |issn=0025-570X}}</ref>
* The development of the chaotic behavior of the logistic sequence as the parameter {{mvar|r}} varies from approximately 3.56995 to approximately 3.82843 is sometimes called the [[Pomeau–Manneville scenario]], characterized by a periodic (laminar) phase interrupted by bursts of aperiodic behavior. Such a scenario has an application in semiconductor devices.<ref name="carson82">{{cite journal|first1=Carson |last1=Jeffries|first2=José |last2=Pérez |journal=[[Physical Review A]]|year=1982|title=Observation of a Pomeau–Manneville intermittent route to chaos in a nonlinear oscillator|volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=2117–2122|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.26.2117|bibcode = 1982PhRvA..26.2117J |s2cid=119466337 |url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2dm2k8mm}}</ref> There are other ranges that yield oscillation among 5 values etc.; all oscillation periods occur for some values of {{mvar|r}}.  A ''period-doubling window'' with parameter {{mvar|c}} is a range of {{mvar|r}}-values consisting of a succession of subranges.  The {{mvar|k}}th subrange contains the values of {{mvar|r}} for which there is a stable cycle (a cycle that attracts a set of initial points of unit measure) of period {{math|2<sup>''k''</sup>''c''}}.  This sequence of sub-ranges is called a ''cascade of harmonics''.<ref name=":2" group="May, Robert M. (1976)"/> In a sub-range with a stable cycle of period {{math|2<sup>''k''*</sup>''c''}}, there are unstable cycles of period {{math|2<sup>''k''</sup>''c''}} for all {{math|''k'' < ''k''*}}.  The {{mvar|r}} value at the end of the infinite sequence of sub-ranges is called the ''point of accumulation'' of the cascade of harmonics.  As {{mvar|r}} rises there is a succession of new windows with different {{mvar|c}} values.  The first one is for {{math|''c'' {{=}} 1}}; all subsequent windows involving odd {{mvar|c}} occur in decreasing order of {{mvar|c}} starting with arbitrarily large {{mvar|c}}.<ref name=":2" group="May, Robert M. (1976)"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baumol |first1=William J. |author-link=William Baumol |last2=Benhabib |first2=Jess |author-link2=Jess Benhabib |title=Chaos: Significance, Mechanism, and Economic Applications |journal=[[Journal of Economic Perspectives]] |date=February 1989 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=77–105 |doi=10.1257/jep.3.1.77 |doi-access=free }}</ref>  
* At <math>r = 3.678..., x = 0.728...</math>, two chaotic bands of the bifurcation diagram intersect in the first [[Misiurewicz point]] for the logistic map. It satisfies the equations <math>r^3 - 2r^2 - 4r -8 = 0, x = 1-1/r</math>.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Misiurewicz Point of the Logistic Map |url=https://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/chaos/mispoint.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=sprott.physics.wisc.edu}}</ref>  
* Beyond {{math|''r'' {{=}} 4}}, almost all initial values eventually leave the interval {{math|[0,1]}} and diverge. The set of initial conditions which remain within {{math|[0,1]}} form a [[Cantor set]] and the dynamics restricted to this Cantor set is chaotic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Teschl |first1=Gerald | author-link1=Gerald Teschl |title=Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems |url=https://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/book-ode/index.html |url-access=registration |publisher=Amer. Math Soc. |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-8218-8328-0 }}</ref>

For any value of {{mvar|r}} there is at most one stable cycle.  If a stable cycle exists, it is globally stable,  attracting almost all points.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collet |first1=Pierre |first2=Jean-Pierre |last2=Eckmann |author-link2=Jean-Pierre Eckmann |title=Iterated Maps on the Interval as Dynamical Systems |url=https://archive.org/details/iteratedmapsonin0000coll |url-access=registration |publisher=Birkhauser |year=1980 |isbn=978-3-7643-3026-2 }}</ref>{{rp|13}}  Some values of {{mvar|r}} with a stable cycle of some period have infinitely many unstable cycles of various periods.

[[File:Logistic Bifurcation map High Resolution.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|right|[[Bifurcation diagram]] for the logistic map.
The [[attractor]] for any value of the parameter {{mvar|r}} is shown on the vertical line at that {{mvar|r}}.]]

The [[bifurcation diagram]] at right summarizes this. The horizontal axis shows the possible values of the parameter {{mvar|r}} while the vertical axis shows the set of values of {{mvar|x}} visited asymptotically from almost all initial conditions by the iterates of the logistic equation with that {{mvar|r}} value.

The bifurcation diagram is a [[self-similar]]: if we zoom in on the above-mentioned value {{math|''r'' ≈ 3.82843}} and focus on one arm of the three, the situation nearby looks like a shrunk and slightly distorted version of the whole diagram. The same is true for all other non-chaotic points. This is an example of the deep and ubiquitous connection between [[chaos (mathematics)|chaos]] and [[fractal]]s.


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We can also consider negative values of {{mvar|r}}:
* For {{mvar|r}} between -2 and -1 the logistic sequence also features chaotic behavior.<ref name="Takashi Tsuchiya, Daisuke Yamagishi, 1997">{{cite journal|last1=Tsuchiya|first1=Takashi|last2=Yamagishi|first2=Daisuke|date=February 11, 1997|title=The Complete Bifurcation Diagram for the Logistic Map|journal=Z. Naturforsch.|volume=52a|issue=6–7 |pages=513–516|doi=10.1515/zna-1997-6-708 |bibcode=1997ZNatA..52..513T |s2cid=101491730 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* With {{mvar|r}} between -1 and 1&nbsp;-&nbsp;{{sqrt|6}} and for {{mvar|x}}<sub>0</sub> between 1/{{mvar|r}} and 1-1/{{mvar|r}}, the population will approach permanent oscillations between two values, as with the case of {{mvar|r}} between 3 and 1&nbsp;+&nbsp;{{sqrt|6}}, and given by the same formula.<ref name="Takashi Tsuchiya, Daisuke Yamagishi, 1997"/>
=====The Emergence of Chaos=====
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| caption1          = Chaotic orbits of the logistic map when r = 3.82. The orange squares are orbits starting from <math>x_0 = 0.1234</math>, and the blue-green circles are orbits starting from <math>\hat{x}_0 = 0.1234 + 10^{-9}</math>.
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| caption2          = The trajectory starting from x 0 = 0.1234 and ˆx The difference in orbits starting from <math>x_0 = 0.1234 + 10^{-9}</math> grows exponentially. The vertical axis is <math>\Delta x_n = | x_n - \hat{x}_n |</math>,shown on a [[logarithmic scale]].
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When the parameter r exceeds <math>r_{\infty} = 3.56994...</math>, the logistic map exhibits chaotic behavior.<!--[ 145 ]--> Roughly speaking, chaos is a complex and irregular behavior that occurs despite the fact that the difference equation describing the logistic map has no probabilistic ambiguity and the next state is completely and uniquely determined.<!--[ 158 ]--> The range of <math>r > r_{\infty}</math> of the logistic map is called the chaotic region.<!--[ 159 ]-->

One of the properties of chaos is its unpredictability, symbolized by the term [[butterfly effect]].<!--[ 160 ]--> This is due to the property of chaos that a slight difference in the initial state can lead to a huge difference in the later state.<!--[ 160 ]--> In terms of a discrete dynamical system, if we have two initial values <math>x_0</math> and <math>\hat{x}_0</math>
No matter how close they are, once time n has progressed to a certain extent, each destination <math>x_n</math> and <math>\hat{x}_n</math> can vary significantly.<!--[ 161 ]--> For example, use <math>r = 3.95, x_0 = 0.1, \hat{x}_0=x_0+10^{-9}</math>
If the orbits are calculated using two very similar initial values, 0 = 0.1000000001, the difference grows to macroscopic values that are clearly visible on the graph after about 29 iterations.<!--[ 162 ]-->

This property of chaos, called initial condition sensitivity, can be quantitatively expressed by the [[Lyapunov exponent]]. For a one-dimensional map, the Lyapunov exponent λ can be calculated as follows<!--[ 163 ]-->:

{{NumBlk|:|<math>{\displaystyle \lambda =\lim _{N\to \infty }{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=0}^{N-1}\log \left|f^{\prime }(x_{i})\right\vert }</math>|{{EquationRef|3-14}}}}

Here, log means natural logarithm. This λ is the distance between the two orbits (<math>x_n</math> and
<math>\hat{x}_n</math>).
A positive value of λ indicates that the system is sensitive to initial conditions, while a zero or negative value indicates that the system is not sensitive to initial conditions.<!--[ 164 ]--> When calculating λ of numerically, it can be confirmed λ remains in the range of zero or negative values in the range <math>r < r_{\infty}</math>, and that λ can take positive values in the range <math>r > r_{\infty}</math>.<!--[ 165 ]-->

'''Window, intermittent'''

Even beyond <math>r_{\infty}</math>, the behavior does not depend simply on the parameter r.<!--[ 166 ]--> Many sophisticated mathematical structures lurk in the chaotic region for <math>r > r_{\infty}</math>.<!--[ 167 ]--> In this region, chaos does not persist forever; stable periodic orbits reappear.<!--[ 166 ]--> The behavior for <math>r_{\infty}< a \le 4</math> can be broadly divided into two types:<!--[ 168 ]-->

* Stable periodic point: In this case, the Lyapunov exponent is negative.
* Aperiodic orbits: In this case, the Lyapunov exponent is positive.
The region of stable periodic points that exists for r <math>r_{\infty} < r \le 4</math> is called a periodic window, or simply a window.<!--[ 169 ]--> If one looks at a chaotic region in an orbital diagram, the region of nonperiodic orbits looks like a cloud of countless points, with the windows being the scattered blanks surrounded by the cloud.<!--[ 170 ]-->

{{Image frame|width=620|content=[[File:Logistic orbit map 3.55 to 4.png|class=skin-invert-image|620px]]
|caption=Orbit diagram of the logistic map from r = 3.55 to r = 4 (parameter is denoted as r in the diagram)|align=center}}

In each window, the cascade of [[period-doubling]] bifurcations that occurred before <math>r_{\infty} = 3.56994...</math> occurs again.<!--[ 171 ]--> However, instead of the previous stable periodic orbits of 2 k, new stable periodic orbits such as 3×2 k and 5×2 k are generated.<!--[ 172 ]--> The first window has a period of p, and the windows from which the period-doubling cascade occurs are called windows of period p, etc..<!--[ 173 ]--> For example, a window of period 3 exists in the region around 3.8284 < a < 3.8415, and within this region the period doublings are: 3, 6, 12, 24, ..., 3×2 k, ....<!--[ 174 ]-->

[[File:ロジスティック写像の過渡カオス.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Transient chaos at a = 3.8285. The system behaves chaotically until it is attracted into a periodic 3 orbit.]]

In the window region, chaos does not disappear but exists in the background.<!--[ 175 ]--> However, this chaos is unstable, so only stable periodic orbits are observed.<!--[ 175 ]--> In the window region, this potential chaos appears before the orbit is attracted from its initial state to a stable periodic orbit.<!--[ 176]--> Such chaos is called transient chaos.<!--[177 ]--> In this potential presence of chaos, windows differ from the periodic orbits that appeared before a∞.<!--[ 175 ]-->

There are an infinite number of windows in the range a∞ < a < 4.<!--[ 178 ]--> The windows have various periods, and there is a window with a period for every natural number greater than or equal to three.<!--[ 179 ] --> However, each window does not occur exactly once.<!-- [ 180 ]--> The larger the value of p, the more often a window with that period occurs.<!--[ 181 ]--> A window with period 3 occurs only once, while a window with period 13 occurs 315 times.<!--[ 182 ]--> When a periodic orbit of 3 occurs in the window with period 3, the Szarkovsky order is completed, and all orbits with all periods have been seen.<!--[ 183 ]-->

If we restrict ourselves to the case where p is a prime number, the number of windows with period p is

{{NumBlk|:|<math>{\displaystyle N_{p}={\frac {2^{p-1}-1}{p}}}</math>|{{EquationRef|3-15}}}}

<!--[ 184 ]--> 

This formula was derived for p to be a prime number, but in fact it is possible to calculate with good accuracy the number of stable p- periodic points for non-prime p as well.<!--[ 181 ]-->

The window width (the difference between a where the window begins and a where the window ends) is widest for windows with period 3 and narrows for larger periods.<!--[ 185 ]--> For example, the window width for a window with period 13 is about 3.13 × 10−6.<!--[ 186 ]--> Rough estimates suggest that about 10% of <math>[ r_{\infty}, 4]</math> is in the window region, with the rest dominated by chaotic orbits.<!--[ 187 ]-->

The change from chaos to a window as r is increased is caused by a tangent bifurcation,<!--[ 188 ]--> where the map curve is tangent to the diagonal of y = x at the moment of bifurcation, and further parameter changes result in two fixed points where the curve and the line intersect.<!--[ 189 ]--> For a window of period p, the iterated map <math>f^p(x)</math> exhibits tangent bifurcation, resulting in stable p-periodic orbits.<!--[ 168 ]--> The exact value of the bifurcation point for a window of period 3 is known, and if the value of this bifurcation point r is <math>r_3</math>, then <math>r_3 = 1 + \sqrt{8} = 3.828427...</math>.<!--[ 190 ]--> The outline of this bifurcation can be understood by considering the graph of <math>f^3(x)</math> (vertical axis <math>x_{n+3}</math>, horizontal axis <math>x_n</math>).<!--[ 191 ]-->  

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| caption1          = Graph of <math>f^3(x)</math> when r is slightly less than 3. The graph is not tangent except at the fixed points, and there are no 3-periodic points.
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When we look at the behavior of <math>x_n</math> when r = 3.8282, which is slightly smaller than the branch point <math>r_3</math>, we can see that in addition to the irregular changes, there is also a behavior that changes periodically with approximately three periods, and these occur alternately.<!--[ 192 ]--> This type of periodic behavior is called a "laminar", and the irregular behavior is called a burst, in analogy with  fluids.<!--[ 193 ]--> There is no regularity in the length of the time periods of the bursts and laminars, and they change irregularly.<!--[ 194 ]--> However, when we observe the behavior at r = 3.828327, which is closer to <math>r_3</math>, the average length of the laminars is longer and the average length of the bursts is shorter than when r = 3.8282.<!--[194]--> If we further increase r, the length of the laminars becomes larger and larger, and at <math>r_3</math> it changes to a perfect three- period.<!--[ 195 ]-->

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| footnote          = The intermittency that occurs just before <math>r_3 = 3.828427...</math> The part where the three almost identical values continue periodically is a laminar, and the part where chaotic irregular changes occur is a burst.
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The phenomenon in which orderly motions called laminars and disorderly motions called bursts occur intermittently is called intermittency or intermittent chaos.<!--[ 196 ]--> If we consider the parameter a decreasing from a3, this is a type of emergence of chaos.<!--[ 197 ]--> As the parameter moves away from the window, bursts become more dominant, eventually resulting in a completely chaotic state.<!--[ 198 ]--> This is also a general route to chaos, like the period doubling bifurcation route mentioned above, and routes characterized by the emergence of intermittent chaos due to tangent bifurcations are called intermittency routes.<!--[ 199 ]-->

[[File:Laminar channel in three times iterated logistic map.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Channel patterns appearing in the graph of f3 (x)]]

The mechanism of intermittency can also be understood from the graph of the map.<!--[ 194 ]--> When <math>r</math> is slightly smaller than <math>r_3</math>, there is a very small gap between the graph of <math>f^3(x)</math> and the diagonal<!--[ 190  ]-->. This gap is called a channel, and many iterations of the map occur as the orbit passes through the narrow channel.<!--[ 200 ]--> During the passage through this channel, <math>x_n</math> and <math>x_{n + 3}</math> become very close, and the variables change almost like a periodic three orbit.<!--[ 198 ]--> This corresponds to a laminar.<!--[ 201 ]--> The orbit eventually leaves the narrow channel, but returns to the channel again as a result of the global structure of the map.<!--[ 202 ]--> While leaving the channel, it behaves chaotically.<!--[ 202 ]--> This corresponds to a burst.<!--[ 201 ]-->

'''Band, window finish'''

Looking at the entire chaotic domain, whether it is chaotic or windowed, the maximum and minimum values on the vertical axis of the orbital diagram (the upper and lower limits of the attractor) are limited to a certain range.<!--[ 203 ]--> As shown in equation (2-1), the maximum value of the logistic map is given by r/4, which is the upper limit of the attractor.<!--[ 204 ]--> The lower limit of the attractor is given by the point f(r/4) where r/4 is mapped.<!--[ 204 ]--> Ultimately, the maximum and minimum values at which xn moves on the orbital diagram depend on the parameter r

{{NumBlk|:|<math>{\displaystyle {\frac {r^{2}(4-r)}{16}}\leq x_{n}\leq {\frac {r}{4}}}</math>|{{EquationRef|3-16}}}}

<!--[ 203 ]-->
Finally, for r = 4, the orbit spans the entire range [0, 1].<!--[ 205 ]-->

When observing an orbital map, the distribution of points has a characteristic shading.<!--[ 206 ]--> Darker areas indicate that the variable takes on values in the vicinity of the darker areas, whereas lighter areas indicate that the variable takes on values in the vicinity of the darker areas.{{clarify inline| date=March 2025}}<!--[ 206 ]--> These differences in the frequency of the points are due to the shape of the graph of the logistic map.<!--[ 206 ]--> The top of the graph, near r/4, attracts orbits with high frequency, and the area near f(r/4) that is mapped from there also becomes highly frequent, and the area near <math>f^2(r/4)</math> that is mapped from there also becomes  highly frequent, and so on.<!--[ 206 ]--> The density distribution of points generated by the map is characterized by a quantity called an invariant measure or distribution function, and the invariant measure of the attractor is reproducible regardless of the initial value.<!--[ 207 ]-->

Looking at the beginning of the chaotic region of the orbit diagram, just beyond the accumulation point <math>r_{\infty} = 3.56994</math> of the first period - doubling cascade, one can see that the orbit is divided into several subregions.<!--[ 208 ]--> These subregions are called bands.<!--[ 209 ]--> When there are multiple bands, the orbit moves through each band in a regular order, but the values within each band are irregular.<!--[ 210 ]--> Such chaotic orbits are called band chaos or periodic chaos, and chaos with k bands is called k -band chaos.<!--[ 211 ]--> Two-band chaos lies in the range 3.590 < r < 3.675, approximately.<!--[ 212 ]-->

{{Image frame|width=620|content=[[File:Bands of logistic map from 1 to 8.png|class=skin-invert-image|620px]]
|caption=Band structure. Because the <math>e_p</math> spacing rapidly decreases, it is not possible to show more than eight bands. The top and bottom lines, which contain the orbitals, are within the range of equation (3-16).|align=center}}

As the value of r is further decreased from the left-hand end of two-band chaos, r = 3.590, the number of bands doubles, just as in the period doubling bifurcation.<!--[ 212 ]--> Let <math>e_p</math> (for p = 1, 2, 4, ..., 2k, ...) denote the bifurcation points where p − 1 band chaos splits into p band chaos, or where p band chaos merges into p − 1 band chaos. Then, just as in the period doubling bifurcation, e p accumulates to a value as p → ∞.<!--[ 213 ]--> At this accumulation point <math>e_{\infty}</math>, the number of bands becomes infinite, and the value of <math>e_{\infty}</math> is equal to the value of <math>r_{\infty}</math>.<!--[ 214 ]-->

[[File:ロジスティック写像の全体の自己相似.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Self-similar hierarchical structure of the entire trajectory map of the logistic map]]

Similarly, for the bifurcation points of the period-doubling bifurcation cascade that appeared before a∞, let a p (where p = 1, 2, 4, ..., 2k, ...) denote the bifurcation points where p stable periodic orbits branch into p + 1 stable periodic orbits. In this case, if we look at the orbital diagram from <math>r_2</math> to <math>e_2</math>, there are two reduced versions of the global orbital diagram from <math>r_1</math> to <math>e_1</math> in the orbital diagram from <math>r_2</math> to <math>e_2</math><!--[215]-->. Similarly, if we look at the orbital diagram from <math>r_4</math> to <math>e_4</math>, there are four reduced versions of the global orbital diagram from a1 to e1 in the orbital diagram from <math>r_4</math> to <math>e_4</math>.<!--[ 215 ]--> Similarly, there are p reduced versions of the global orbital diagram in the orbital diagram from ap to ep, and the branching structure of the logistic map has an infinite self-similar hierarchy.<!--[ 215 ]-->

[[File:ロジスティック写像の窓の自己相似.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Self-similar hierarchical structure of windows of the logistic map]]

A self-similar hierarchy of bifurcation structures also exists within windows.<!--[ 216 ]--> The period-doubling bifurcation cascades within a window follow the same path as the cascades of period-2k bifurcations.<!--[ 217 ]--> That is, there are an infinite number of period-doubling bifurcations within a window, after which the behavior becomes chaotic again.<!--[ 217 ]--> For example, in a window of period 3, the cascade of stable periodic orbits ends at <math>a_{3\infty}</math> ≈ 3.8495.<!--[ 218 ]--> After <math>a_{3\infty}</math> ≈ 3.8495, the behavior becomes band chaos of multiples of three.<!--[ 218 ]--> As a increases from <math>a_{3\infty}</math>, these band chaos also merge by twos, until at the end of the window there are three bands.<!--[ 219 ]--> Within such bands within a window, there are an infinite number of windows.<!--[ 220 ]--> Ultimately, the window contains a miniature version of the entire orbital diagram for 1 ≤ a ≤ 4, and within the window there exists a self-similar hierarchy of branchings.<!--[ 221 ]-->

At the end of the window, the system reverts to widespread chaos. For a period 3 window, the final 3-band chaos turns into large-area 1-band chaos at a ≈ 3.857, ending the window.<!--[ 222 ]--> However, this change is discontinuous, and the 3-band chaotic attractor suddenly changes size and turns into a 1-band.<!--[ 223 ]--> Such discontinuous changes in attractor size are called crises.<!--[ 224 ]--> Crises of this kind, which occur at the end of a window, are also called internal crises.<!--[ 225 ]--> When a crisis occurs at the end of a window, a stable periodic orbit just touches an unstable periodic point that is not visible on the orbit diagram.<!--[ 226 ]--> This creates an exit point through which the periodic orbits can escape, resulting in an internal crisis.<!--[ 227 ]--> Immediately after the internal crisis, there are periods of widespread chaos, and periods of time when the original band chaotic behavior reoccurs, resulting in a kind of intermittency similar to that observed at the beginning of a window.<!--[ 197 ]-->