Tugas Kalkulus Lanjut - Logistic Sequence - James Stewart

TUGAS 1 KALKULUS LANJUT

Dosen: Kus Prihantoso Krisnawan 

LOGISTIC SEQUENCES 

(Taken from Calculus: Concepts and Contexts by James Stewart)

A sequences that arises in ecology as a model for population growth is defined by the logistic equation 

where Pn measures the size of the population of the n-th generation of a single species. To keep the numbers manageable, P is a fraction of the maximal size of the population, so 0 ≤ Pn≤ 1. Notice that the form of this equation is similar to the logistic differential equation. The discrete -model with sequences instead of continuous functions- is preferable for modeling insect populations, where mating and death occur in a periodic fashion. An ecologist is interested in predicting the size of the population as time goes on, and ask the question: Will it stabilize at a limiting value? Will it change in a cyclical fashion? Or will it exhibit random behaviour?


Write a program to compute the first n terms of this sequence starting with an initial population P0, where 0 < Po< 1. Use this program to do the following

1. Calculate 20 or 30 terms of the sequence for  and for two values of k such that 1 <  k < 3. Graph the sequences. Do they appear to converge? Repeat for a different value of Po between 0 and 1. Does the limit depend on the choice of Po? Does it depend on the choice of k? 
2. Calculate terms of the sequence for a value of k between 3 and 3,4 and plot them.What do you notice about the behaviour of the terms? 
3. Experiment with values of k between 3,4 and 3,5. What happens to the terms?
4. For values of k between 3,6 and 4, compute and plot at least 100 terms and comment on the behaviour of the sequence. What happens if you change Po by 0,001? This type of behaviour is called chaotic and is exhibited by insect populations under certain conditions.