Bifurcation diagram of logistic map (Python recipe) by FB36

ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577332/)

# Bifurcation diagram of the logistic map
# FB - 201007235
import math
from PIL import Image
imgx = 1000
imgy = 500
image = Image.new("RGB", (imgx, imgy))

xa = 2.9
xb = 4.0
maxit = 1000

for i in range(imgx):
    r = xa + (xb - xa) * float(i) / (imgx - 1)
    x = 0.5
    for j in range(maxit):
        x = r * x * (1 - x)
        if j > maxit / 2:
            image.putpixel((i, int(x * imgy)), (255, 255, 255))

image.save("Bifurcation.png", "PNG")