Asymptotic Analysis Essay

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Asymptotic analysis is a key tool to study nonlinear difference equations which arise in the mathematical modelling of real-world phenomena. It is not expected that explicit solutions can be found for the solutions of nonlinear difference equations; however, some nonlinear equations can be transformed into equivalent linear equations by a change of dependent variable. In this work, we transform a discrete logistic equation, which is a nonlinear difference equation, into a linear equation and we determine its explicit solution. This result able us to study the behavior of this solution and check the results known in stability theory. 2 | P a g e 1. Introduction Many types of problems are naturally described by recurrence relations said difference equations [2, 3], which usually …show more content…

To determine the stability of a fixed point is due to the fact that we may not be able to find the solution in a closed form even for the deceptively simple-looking equation (1.1). Definition 3 (basin of attraction) [1] Let ̅ be a fixed point of map f. Then the basin of attraction (or the stable set) ( ̅) of ̅ is defined as ̅ { ̅ } ̅ consists of all points that are forward asymptotic to ̅. 4 | P a g e 1. The Problem and Objectives of the study 2.1. The Discrete Logistic Equation [2] Let be the size of a population at time and μ is the rate of growth of the population from one generation to another, the discrete logistic equation is the mathematical model in the form ( ) This equation is the simplest nonlinear first-order difference equation. In spite of its simplicity, this equation exhibits complicated dynamics. If we know the initial population given by then we find its solution, by simple iteration we it is the orbit of In this work we are interested in the special case where the rate . We consider the mathematical model To find the fixed points of (2.1) we solve ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅, therefore ̅ ̅ , or ̅ ̅ Thus, we have two fixed points: ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅

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