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Past exam of the topics in applied mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2009 A 2 b i Solution by
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While and , division of the equations gives and . Integrating from the initial data yieldsLet be the final susceptible level. Using givesThis is the smaller positive root selected by decreasing susceptibility; the function is decreasing on , so that selected root is unique. Its upper bound below also follows directly because the added positive term moves the decreasing-branch root left.
Conservation of the total count, or integration of , then gives the number killed, including those initially infected:The remaining susceptible loss is split between infection and vaccination in fixed ratio ; this explains the factor multiplying .
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