"A logistic map is a diagram that’s often used to describe the state of a nonlinear, dynamical system." What? No. The logistic map is a function (a mapping fro

"A logistic map is a diagram that’s often used to describe the state of a nonlinear, dynamical system." What? No. The logistic map is a function (a mapping from input to output variable) that describes how the state of a particular dynamical system evolves from one timestep to the next. It's usually used as an example for a system that looks simple but displays chaotic behavior. The diagram they show is really called a "bifurcation diagram" and it represents how the equilibria (stable points of the system) change as a parameter is varied.