#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 8 of Dr. Z.'s Math336 Rutgers University

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NAME: Jeton Hida

LIST ALL THE ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED BY THEIR ANSWERS

Q1: What was the name of the man who discovered this logistic recurrence?

A1: Robert May

Q2: Find stable equilibrium point for general K in f(x)=kx(1-x).

A2: f(x)=kx-kx^2, f'(x) = k-2kx = 0, x=k/2k=1/2. 

BONUS QUESTIONS for brownie points

Q3. In what journal did Robert May get published?

A3. Robert May got published in Nature with this logistic recurrence.

Q4. Who was the editor of Nature?

A4. At the time John Maddox was the editor in chief at Nature, which was in 1972 when May had his work published. Today the editor in chief is Magdalena Skipper 

Q5. How old is the editor?

A5. John Maddox died at 83 years old in 2009, Magdalena Skipper is alive and well at 52 years old.