# Math Help - Chaos and Dynamical Systems

1. ## Chaos and Dynamical Systems

The equation $P_n_+_1 = rP_n(1-P_n/C) -k$ may be considered a density - dependent population model with constant harvesting. If the growth rate is r = 3 and the carrying capacity is C = 6000, what is the largest number k that could be harvested each generation so that the population has a stable positive equilibrium, and so may not become extinct. I thought you needed to differntaite it but this would get rid of k?

The equation $P_n_+_1 = rP_n(1-P_n/C) -k$ may be considered a density - dependent population model with constant harvesting. If the growth rate is r = 3 and the carrying capacity is C = 6000, what is the largest number k that could be harvested each generation so that the population has a stable positive equilibrium, and so may not become extinct. I thought you needed to differntaite it but this would get rid of k?
If r=3 and c=6000 the difference equation can be written in the form...

$\Delta_{n} = p_{n+1}-p_{n}= -\frac{p^{2}_{n}}{3000}+2\ p_{n}-k = f(p_{n})$ (1)

Necessary condition for convergence of $p_{n}$ is the existence of an 'attractive fixed point', i.e. a solution $x_{0}$ of the equation $f(x)=0$ with the condition $f'(x_{0})<0$ and that is true for $k<3000$. In that case the solutions are...

$x= 3000\ \pm \sqrt{3000}\ \sqrt{3000-k}$ (2)

... and $x_{0}$ corresponds to the sign '+'...

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