2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/112608In this note, we consider the following two families of quadratic polynomials $S_{a,c}(x) = a - cx^2$ and $T_{a,c}(x) = a - c(1 + x^2)$ and show that their respective period-3 orbits live very different lives.5 pages, 2 figuresDynamical Systems37E05, 37G15The lives of period-3 orbits for some quadratic polynomialstext