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Mathematics

How Differential Equations Model Population Growth and Decay

Quick fact

Under ideal exponential growth, a single bacterium dividing every hour would produce a colony weighing more than the Earth in just a couple of days.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a single pair of rabbits in a field—how quickly would their descendants overrun the earth? The answer lies in a simple equation that describes how populations change every instant.