Create a list by applying f to x from 0 to 4 times:

Repeatedly apply Cos to to a number:

The function to nest can be a pure function:

Nesting a function can build a formula:

Nesting can return a single number:

The nested function can operate on a list:

Use the operator form to create a list from different starting expressions:

To nest a function of more than one argument, the arguments can be put into a list:

Powers of 2:

Successive integers:

Successive squaring:

Growth of annually compounded capital:

Successive derivatives:

Newton iterations for :

Continued fraction:

Iterated map:

Iterates in the problem:

Linear congruential pseudorandom generator:

Random walk:

Iterated string replacements:

Successively append to a list:

Successively rotate a list:

Operations on a pair of values:

Nest gives the last element of NestList :

Nesting zero times simply returns to the original argument:

FixedPointList goes on until the result no longer changes:

NestWhileList goes on while a condition is true:

FoldList automatically inserts second arguments from a list:

Text effects:

Power towers:

Argument doubling:

Sierpiński text: