WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Chaos in the Shift Map

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leading bit of perturbation
number of bits to flip
1
2
All
initial condition
1
2
1
3
1
5
3
7
1
25
2
1
2
1
π
multiplier
2
3
3
2
2
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π
use machine arithmetic
The shift map is a standard example of the sensitive dependence on initial conditions that is at the core of traditional chaos theory. This Demonstration illustrates this basic phenomenon, and shows that there is often more going on in the shift map.