A rigorous lower bound for the stability regions of the quadratic map (Q732357)

The authors take the quadratic map \(Q_a(x) = ax(1 - x)\), where \(Q_a: [0,1] \rightarrow [0,1]\), and prove that the set of regular parameters for the quadratic map \(Q_a(x)\) satisfies the lower bound \(|\mathbb{R} \cap [2,4]|\geq 1.61394824439594656781\), where \(\Re\) denotes the set of regular parameters. Partitioning the parameter plane \(A =[2,4]\) into subintervals \(A_i\) the authors prove that for each subinterval \(A_i\) the quadratic map \(Q_a(x)\) has a unique stable periodic orbit which persists for all \(a \in A_i\). The authors prove the existence of period-doubling bifurcations. From these results they obtain a non-trivial upper bound on the set of stochastic parameters for \(Q_a(x)\).