Henon Map

Written by Paul Bourke
January 1991


The Henon map is defined by the following series of two varaiables with two parameters. In the orginal form the two parameetrs have values a = 1.4 and b = 0.3. It is credited to Michel Hénon.

xn+1 = 1 + yn - a xn2
yn+1 = b xn