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Population Dynamics - Part 4
Age 16 to 18
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So $x=0$ is stable for $-1< \lambda < 1$ and $x=1-\frac{1}{\lambda}$ for $1< \lambda < 3$
Oscillatory convergence to the stable fixed point.
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