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The equations of population growth

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A solution in quadratures is found for a special class of differential equations suggested by studies in the growth of competing populations.

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    W. R. Utz

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Utz, W.R. The equations of population growth. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 23, 261–262 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476739

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