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Let $\Delta ={\theta }_1-{\theta }_0>0$, with $\alpha ,{\beta }_{\max }>0$. Newton law of cooling gives the warming and cooling profilesIn the stipulated linear model, $\beta (t)={\beta }_{\max }(\theta (t)-{\theta }_0)/\Delta$. The bacterial count obeys $\dot{N}=-\beta (t)N$, so its logarithmic reduction is the cumulative thermal destruction under exponential warming and cooling:Writing $q=e^{-\alpha T}$, the warming integral divided by ${\beta }_{\max }$ is $T-(1-q)/\alpha$ and the cooling contribution is $(1-q{)}^2/\alpha$. Hence the required implicit equation isThe bracket is zero at zero and has derivative $(1-q)(1+2q)>0$ for $T>0$, tending to infinity with $T$. There is therefore one positive solution.

For the hardier species, $T$ is unchanged in this model if $\alpha$ and the achieved ${\beta }_{\max }$ remain the same. Raising the oven temperature changes $\Delta$, but its factor cancels against the changed slope of the linear destruction law. The entire normalized temperature history and hence the destruction integral remain the same; the comparison uses both the warming and equal-duration cooling stages.