World Population Growth
David A. Smith and Lawrence
C. Moore, Duke University
with the assistance of
William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
Richard M. Schori, Oregon State University
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College
Purposes: To study the
historical data on human population growth, and to compare the "natural"
and "coalition" differential equation models as possible descriptions of
the growth pattern.
Prerequisites: The
Slope
Field and Warming, Cooling, and Urban Ozone Pollution
modules, plus the separation of variables technique for solving a differential
equation.
