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CHAPTER
3
4.
(c)
N
stable
for
11
-
b(\-
l/b
-
1)
| < 1.
5. (b)
1-stable,
2-stable,
3-stable,
4-unstable,
5-stable.
7. (a)
n,+
i
=
An,<T'',
p,+
,
=
n,(l
-
e'"')
for
JV
=
-—-,
P
=
-.
(ac)
a
9.
(b)
a,,
= (1 -
rN/K),
a
n
=
-Na,
a
2
i
-
P/N,
a
22
=
a(N
- P).
10.
(b)
M+,
=
AM
exp[-(a/>,V-
m
],
/%.
=
M(l
-
exp[-(
fl
P
r
)'-"]).
(c)
P =
(In
A/a)%
TV
=
A/>/(A
- 1).
15. (a)
Steady states
A
=
(b)
k =
In/,
b =
(d)
ForF(G,
f/)
=
Qe^~
H
\
G(Q,
H)
= bH
F
Q
(Q,
H)=l,
F
H
(Q,
H)
= -k,
R
X
(Q,
H]
(where
R =
G/tf,
x
=
H/Q).
=
-b
19.
CHAPTER
4
5. (a) r =
intrinsic growth rate.
B =
carrying
capacity,
(d)
For
/
-»
oo,
e
~
n
-»
0 so
N(t)
->
yVofl/A^o
= B.
for
No
small,
A^(f)
«
NoB/Be'"
=
//oe".
6. (b)
(mass
nutrient)/(number
of
bacteria).
8.
ai
=
j,K
mM
=
ratio
of
[emptying time
of
chamber]
to
[(1/ln
2)
times bacterial
doubling
time].
«2
=
c
0
/K
n
=
ratio
of
[stock nutrient concentration]
to
[concentration which produces
a
half-maximal bacterial growth
rate].
10.
11.
Increase
Co, V,
decrease
F. (No
local maximum).
15.
(a)
/'
=
-cot(x):
linear, order
2, not
homogeneous, constant coefficients.
(d)
(2y +
2)y'
— y = 0;
nonlinear, order
1,
homogeneous,
nonconstant
coefficients.
(i)
-*•
+ y = - (t
^
0);
linear, order
1,
nonhomogeneous, constant coefficients.
16.
18.
22.
(d)
Steady states
(0, 0), (1, 1);
7(0,
0) =