Web Diagram

A web diagram, also called a cobweb plot, is a graph that can be used to visualize successive iterations of a function . In particular, the segments of the diagram connect the points , , , .... The diagram is so-named because its straight line segments "anchored" to the functions  and  can resemble a spider web. The animation above shows a web diagram for the logistic map  with .

REFERENCES:

Gleick, J. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, p. 176, 1988.

Gorini, C. A. The Facts on File Geometry Handbook. New York: Facts on File, p. 178, 2003.