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Feigenbaum Constants

The Feigenbaum constants describe bifurcation patterns in nonlinear dynamical systems. The first constant δ is the limiting ratio between successive intervals of period doubling. The second constant α is the ratio between widths of bifurcation "tines" and their subtines. Both constants arise universally across one-dimensional systems and characterize their rate of chaotic transition. They were discovered by Mitchell Feigenbaum in 1978 and express fundamental properties of chaos theory.

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Feigenbaum Constants

The Feigenbaum constants describe bifurcation patterns in nonlinear dynamical systems. The first constant δ is the limiting ratio between successive intervals of period doubling. The second constant α is the ratio between widths of bifurcation "tines" and their subtines. Both constants arise universally across one-dimensional systems and characterize their rate of chaotic transition. They were discovered by Mitchell Feigenbaum in 1978 and express fundamental properties of chaos theory.

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Feigenbaum constants

= lim

an1 an2
= 4.669 201 609
an an1

where an are discrete values of a at the nth period doubling.


According to (sequence A006890 in the OEIS),
this number to 30 decimal places is:
=
4.669201609102990671853203821578.

2.1 Illustration
2.1.1 Non-linear maps
To see how this number arises, consider the real oneparameter map:

Feigenbaum constant expresses the limit of the ratio of distances


between consecutive bifurcation diagram on Li / Li + 1

f (x) = a x2 .

In mathematics, specically bifurcation theory, the


Feigenbaum constants are two mathematical constants
which both express ratios in a bifurcation diagram for a
non-linear map. They are named after the mathematician
Mitchell Feigenbaum.

Here a is the bifurcation parameter, x is the variable. The


values of a for which the period doubles (e.g. the largest
value for a with no period 2 orbit, or the largest a with
no period 4 orbit),are a1 , a2 etc. These are tabulated
below:[3]

History
The ratio in the last column converges to the rst Feigenbaum constant. The same number arises for the logistic
map

Feigenbaum originally related the rst constant to the


period-doubling bifurcations in the logistic map, but also
showed it to hold for all one-dimensional maps with a single quadratic maximum. As a consequence of this generality, every chaotic system that corresponds to this description will bifurcate at the same rate. It was discovered
in 1978.[1]

f (x) = ax(1 x)
with real parameter a and variable . Tabulating the bifurcation values again:[4]

The rst constant

The rst Feigenbaum constant is the limiting ratio of each 2.1.2 Fractals
bifurcation interval to the next between every period doubling, of a one-parameter map
In the case of the Mandelbrot set for complex quadratic
polynomial
xi+1 = f (xi )

f (z) = z 2 + c

where f(x) is a function parameterized by the bifurcation the Feigenbaum constant is the ratio between the diameparameter a.
ters of successive circles on the real axis in the complex
It is given by the limit:[2]
plane (see animation on the right).
1

7 NOTES
The rst proof of the universality of the Feigenbaum
constants carried out by Lanford[7] (with a small correction by Eckmann and Wittwer,[8] ) was computer assisted.
Over the years, non-numerical methods were discovered
for dierent parts of the proof aiding Lyubich in producing the rst complete non-numerical proof.[9]

5 Approximations
Though there is no known closed form equation or innite
series that can exactly calculate either constant, there are
closed form approximations for several digits. One of the
most accurate, up to six digits, is (sequence A094078 in
the OEIS)

Self similarity in the Mandelbrot set shown by zooming in on a


round feature while panning in the negative-x direction. The display center pans from (1, 0) to (1.31, 0) while the view magnies from 0.5 0.5 to 0.12 0.12 to approximate the Feigenbaum ratio.

+ tan1 (e )
which is accurate up to 4.669202. Two closely related
expressions that accurately estimate both and to three
decimal places are respectively[10]

2
4.669 ,
ln 2

2 + 1
2.502
ln 2 + 1

Bifurcation parameter is a root point of period = 2n component. This series converges to the Feigenbaum point c where is the golden ratio and ln 2 is the natural loga= 1.401155. The ratio in the last column converges to rithm of 2.
the rst Feigenbaum constant.
Other maps also reproduce this ratio, in this sense the
Feigenbaum constant in bifurcation theory is analogous
to in geometry and e in calculus.

The second constant

The second Feigenbaum constant (sequence A006891 in


the OEIS),
= 2.502907875095892822283902873218,
is the ratio between the width of a tine and the width of
one of its two subtines (except the tine closest to the fold).
A negative sign is applied to when the ratio between the
lower subtine and the width of the tine is measured.[5]

6 See also
Feigenbaum function
List of chaotic maps

7 Notes
[1] Chaos: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems, K.T. Alligood, T.D. Sauer, J.A. Yorke, Textbooks in mathematical
sciences ,Springer, 1996, ISBN 978-0-38794-677-1
[2] Non-Linear Ordinary Dierential Equations: Introduction for Scientists and Engineers (4th Edition), D.W. Jordan, P. Smith, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780-19-920825-8

These numbers apply to a large class of dynamical


systems (for example, dripping faucets to population
growth).[5]

[3] Alligood, p. 503.

[5] Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Steven H. Strogatz, Studies in Nonlinearity ,Perseus Books Publishing, 1994,
ISBN 978-0-7382-0453-6

Properties

Both numbers are believed to be transcendental, although


they have not been proven to be so.[6]

[4] Alligood, p. 504.

[6] Briggs, Keith (1997). feigenbaum scaling in discrete dynamical systems (PDF). Annals of Mathematics (Thesis).

[7] Lanford III, Oscar (1982). A computer-assisted proof of


the Feigenbaum conjectures. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 6
(3): 427434. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15008-X.
[8] Eckmann, J. P.; Wittwer, P. (1987). A complete proof
of the Feigenbaum conjectures. Journal of Statistical
Physics. 46 (34): 455. Bibcode:1987JSP....46..455E.
doi:10.1007/BF01013368.
[9] Lyubich, Mikhail (1999). Feigenbaum-Coullet-Tresser
universality and Milnors Hairiness Conjecture. Annals
of Mathematics. 149 (2): 319420. doi:10.2307/120968.
[10] Smith, Reginald (2013).
Period doubling, information entropy, and estimates for Feigenbaums constants.
International Journal of
Bifurcation and Chaos.
23 (11):
1350190.
arXiv:1307.5251 .
Bibcode:2013IJBC...2350190S.
doi:10.1142/S0218127413501903.

References
Alligood, Kathleen T., Tim D. Sauer, James A.
Yorke, Chaos: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems, Textbooks in mathematical sciences Springer,
1996, ISBN 978-0-38794-677-1
Briggs, Keith (July 1991). A Precise Calculation of
the Feigenbaum Constants (PDF). Mathematics of
Computation. American Mathematical Society. 57
(195): 435439. Bibcode:1991MaCom..57..435B.
doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1991-1079009-6.
Briggs, Keith (1997). Feigenbaum scaling in discrete
dynamical systems (PDF) (PhD thesis). University
of Melbourne.
Broadhurst, David (22 March 1999). Feigenbaum
constants to 1018 decimal places.
Weisstein, Eric W. Feigenbaum Constant.
MathWorld.

External links
Feigenbaum Constant from Wolfram MathWorld
(A006890)& (A006891) from oeis.org
(A006890)& (A094078) from oeis.org
Feigenbaum constant PlanetMath
Moriarty, Philip; Bowley, Roger (2009). "
Feigenbaum Constant. Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.

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