Xref: utzoo sci.math:16207 comp.theory.dynamic-sys:213 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!ariel.unm.edu!cie!scavo From: scavo@cie.uoregon.edu (Tom Scavo) Newsgroups: sci.math,comp.theory.dynamic-sys Subject: Re: Challenging limit problem (involving x^2 + c for c=-3/2) Summary: I blew it! Keywords: recurrence sequence, iterative mappings, limit point Message-ID: <1991Mar30.023704.18465@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 30 Mar 91 02:37:04 GMT References: <5071@network.ucsd.edu> <1991Mar29.222557.20208@ariel.unm.edu> Reply-To: scavo@cie.uoregon.edu (Tom Scavo) Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange Lines: 9 The article I posted previously is pure garbage. That's what I get for not reading the original article more closely. The lim inf is indeed finite as anyone can see just by looking at ^^^ the orbit diagram for the map Q(x) = x^2 + c . But I don't know how to compute it analytically. Tom Scavo scavo@cie.uoregon.edu