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Cobweb plot
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<p>A cobweb plot, known also as Lémeray Diagram or Verhulst diagram is a visual tool used in <a href="/facts/Dynamical_system/782gREl5">dynamical systems</a>, a field of <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a> to investigate the qualitative behaviour of one-dimensional <a href="/facts/Iterated_function/Vzsx64An">iterated functions</a>, such as the <a href="/facts/Logistic_map/wskv7mRQ">logistic map</a>. The technique was introduced in the 1890s by E.-M. Lémeray. Using a cobweb plot, it is possible to infer the long-term status of an <a href="/facts/Initial_condition/sA4ohFP4">initial condition</a> under <a href="/facts/Recurrence_relation/JolXC71M">repeated application</a> of a map. </p>