Something dynamics can tell us about number theory

Review of graphical iteration

Graphical iteration is a geometric process for visualizing the sequence of values
x0, x1 = f(x0), x2 = f(x1), x3 = f(x2), ...
Briefly, we use an alternating collection of vertical and horizontal segments between the graph of f and the diagonal line.
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