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This document discusses the differential equation dy/dt = y(1-y) and its properties: 1) It provides examples of calculating dy/dt for various values of y. 2) It asks students to draw the slope field and phase line for the differential equation, and identify its steady state solutions and their stability. 3) It provides additional practice problems drawing slope fields and phase lines for related differential equations.

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SC10 Worksheet

This document discusses the differential equation dy/dt = y(1-y) and its properties: 1) It provides examples of calculating dy/dt for various values of y. 2) It asks students to draw the slope field and phase line for the differential equation, and identify its steady state solutions and their stability. 3) It provides additional practice problems drawing slope fields and phase lines for related differential equations.

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SMALL CLASS: The logistic model revisited

In this class, you will learn to sketch slope fields and phase lines for differential equations, and to find and
analyze steady state solutions.

Contributing team members

Student number Last name First name

Small class questions

Consider the differential equation


dy
= y(1 − y).
dt
(In a previous small class, you sketched a solution y = 1
1+e−t
.)

dy 1 1 7 3
1. What is for: (a) y = , (b) y = , (c) y = , (d) y = and (e) y = 2?
dt 8 2 8 2

Answer:

Scribe:
dy
2. For what y-value(s) is = 0?
dt

Answer:

Scribe:

3. (Key concept) A slope field records values for dy


dt
on y vs t axes. Draw the axes for a slope field for the
differential equation, and draw slopes for y = 0 and y = 1, as well as for the other y-values examined in
previous questions.

Answer:

Scribe:

4. On the slope field above, sketch some solutions to the differential equation.
1
5. Suppose you are given the initial condition y(0) = . On the slope field above, sketch the solution
4
satisfying that condition.
6. (Key concept) A steady state is a state in which a system is not changing. For example, a solution y(t)
to a differential equation is a steady-state solution if y remains constant for all t. What are the steady
states for the given differential equation?

Answer:

Scribe:

dy
7. (Key concept) A phase line records values for on a horizontal y-axis. Draw a horizontal y-axis, and
dt
draw dots on the axis at the steady states.

Answer:

Scribe:

dy
8. Determine the sign of in the intervals between the steady states, and indicate the signs above using
dt
arrows either pointing in the positive y direction or in the negative y direction.
9. (Key concept) A steady state solution is stable if all nearby solutions tend to it, unstable if all nearby
solutions tend away from it, and semistable otherwise. Label the steady states above as stable, unstable
or semistable.
Practice questions

The questions below are for practice. They do not contribute to your grade, and it is not expected that you
complete them during your small class. However, you are strongly encouraged to work through them.
dy 3
10. (★★☆☆) Draw the slope field and phase line for the differential equation =y−y .
dt
Note: you should be able to use your phase lines to confirm your slope fields, and vice versa.
dy 2 3
11. (★★☆☆) Draw the slope field and phase line for the differential equation =y +y .
dt
12. (★★★☆) Consider the augmented differential equation

dy
= y(1 − y) − H.
dt
Draw the slope field and phase line for three different values of H: H = 18 , H = 14 and H = 12 . If the
differential equation describes a population y (with respect to time t) and H is a term that represents a
“constant harvest”, describe in a few sentence what the overall effect of H on the population.

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