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Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, 4th Edition
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Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, 4th Edition

by C. Henry Edwards, David E. Penney, David T. Calvis, David Calvis
January 2017
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
27h 45m
English
Pearson
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2 Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods

2.1 Population Models

In Section 1.4 we introduced the exponential differential equation dP/dt=kP, with solution P(t)=P0ekt, as a mathematical model for natural population growth that occurs as a result of constant birth and death rates. Here we present a more general population model that accommodates birth and death rates that are not necessarily constant. As before, however, our population function P(t) will be a continuous approximation to the actual population, which of course changes only by integral increments—that is, by one birth or death at a time.

Suppose that the population changes only by the occurrence of births and deaths—there is no immigration or emigration from outside the country ...

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