For ''r'' between 0 and 1, 0 is the sole periodic point, with period 1 (giving the sequence 0, 0, 0, ..., which [[attractor|attracts]] all orbits). For ''r'' between 1 and 3, the value 0 is still periodic but is not attracting, while the value {{nowrap|(''r'' − 1) / ''r''}} is an attracting periodic point of period 1. With ''r'' greater than 3 but less than 1 + {{radic|6}}, there are a pair of period-2 points which together form an attracting sequence, as well as the non-attracting period-1 points 0 and {{nowrap|(''r'' − 1) / ''r''}}. As the value of parameter ''r'' rises toward 4, there arise groups of periodic points with any positive integer for the period; for some values of ''r'' one of these repeating sequences is attracting while for others none of them are (with almost all orbits being chaotic).