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Verhulst and the logistic equation (1838)

  • Bacaër N
Springer London, (2011), 35-39
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-115-8_6
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Abstract

In 1838 the Belgian mathematician Verhulst introduced the logistic equation, which is a kind of generalization of the equation for exponential growth but with a maximum value for the population. He used data from several countries, in particular Belgium, to estimate the unknown parameters. The work of Verhulst was rediscovered only in the 1920s.

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Bacaër, N. (2011). Verhulst and the logistic equation (1838). In A Short History of Mathematical Population Dynamics (pp. 35–39). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-115-8_6

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