Download or read book The Logistic Map and the Route to Chaos written by Marcel Ausloos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-11 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pierre-Francois Verhulst, with his seminal work using the logistic map to describe population growth and saturation, paved the way for the many applications of this tool in modern mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and sociology. Indeed nowadays the logistic map is considered a useful and paradigmatic showcase for the route leading to chaos. This volume gathers contributions from some of the leading specialists in the field to present a state-of-the art view of the many ramifications of the developments initiated by Verhulst over a century ago.