MA 226: LAB 2

Logistic Population Growth with Harvesting

This lab is due Thursday, October 18, 2001, by 7 PM. Turn it in to your TF or to the TF in the Mac Lab. You may use any technology that you have available: Differential Systems, Mathematica, Matlab, programmable calculator, etc. You will be graded on exactly what is asked for in the instructions below. You need not turn in any additional data, graphs, paragraphs, etc. You should submit only what is called for, and in the order the questions are asked. It is perfectly acceptable to hand in hand-drawn figures, in case the queues at the printers become too long. Remember that you will be graded on your use of English, including spelling, punctuation, logic, as well as the mathematics.

IMPORTANT: The work you submit should be your own and nobody else's. Any exceptions to this will be dealt with harshly.

Lab. Do all parts of Lab 1.1, page 132 in the book. You will need to use one of the choices specified in Table 1.9. You should use choice A, where A is the last nonzero digit in your student ID. For example, if your student ID is U23-456-789, then A = 9, but if your ID is U00-203-000, then A = 3. Important: You must answer each of the questions in the book in order. Also, make sure you list your student ID on the top of your lab reort. Hint: for part three, make sure that you look at long intervals of time before answering the question. I said loooooooong time intervals.