Population growth problems often give rise to rate equations that are first-order. For example,the equation
might describe hoe the number of individuals in a population,N,varies with time. Here the first term aN corresponds to the birth of new members, while the second term - corresponds to deaths. The death term is proportional to to allow for the fact that food will become harder to find when the population becomes larger. Begin by solving (1.13) with using the Euler method, and compare your numerical result with the exact solution. Then solve (1.13) with nonzero values . Given an intuitive explanation of your results. Interesting values of and depend on the initial population . For small , and is a good choice, while for a good choice is and .