Bifurcation

Let’s say I have the formula Y(n+1)= λ*Y(n)(1-Y(n)) So the value of Y at time n+1 is some factor (λ) times Y at time n times 1 minus Y at time n. Y is between 0 and 1.  λ can be anything. As a starting point I choose Y0 to be 0.5 and λ=1. (In […]

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Bloomfilters

From time to time I read something and the term “bloomfilter” comes up. This weekend I wanted to know what actually is a bloomfilter. For a more thorough explananation go to wiki. What follows is my “laymens” explanantion. If you have a set of values, and you want to check whether items in a second […]

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