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Pierre François Verhulst

Pierre François Verhulst (October 28, 1804 - February 15, 1849, Brussels, Belgium) was a mathematician and a doctor in number theory from the University of Ghent in 1825. Verhulst published in 1838 the logistic demographic model:

$N'(t) = r N(t) \left(1 - \frac {N(t)}{K} \right)$

when $N (t)$ represents number of individuals at time t, r the intrinsic growth rate and K number of individuals in equilibrium.

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References

Verhulst, P. F., (1838). Notice sur la loi que la population pursuit dans son accroissement. Corresp. Math. Phys. 10:113-121.

Categories: 1804 births | 1849 deaths | Mathematicians | Belgian mathematicians

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