> #HW 23 #Timothy Nasralla, 11/22/21 > #Question 1: I seemingly didn't get any questions wrong, however I did not > make it to last question due to time > #The population of a certain species scaled such that it is increasing at a > rate that was three times its current value times (1 - 0.5* its current > value). > #This would be continuous time # x'(t) = 3*x(t) * (1 - 0.5*x(t) # f(z) = 3*z * > (1 - 0.5*z). # Solving for f(z) = 0, z can be 0 or 2. # f'(z) = 3 - 3*z. If z > = 0, f'(z) is 3 which is positive and not stable. If z = 2, f'(z) is -6 whihc > is negative and therefore stable. > #The population of a certain species scaled such that it is decreasing at a > rate that was 2.5 times its current value times (1 - its current value). > #This would be continuous time # x'(t) = 2.5*x(t) * (1 - x(t) # f(z) = 2.5 *z > * (1 - z). # Solving for f(z) = 0, z can be 0 or 1. # f'(z) = 2.5 - 5*z. If z > = 0, f'(z) is 2.5 which is positive and not stable. If z = 1, f'(z) is -2.5 > whihc is negative and therefore stable.