Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 73 1 vi Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
For , differentiation givesIts unique zero solves . Therefore the mobile-volume peak of an exponentially forced porous current occurs atThe derivative is initially positive and is negative after this time. More explicitly, at the stationary point . Thus it is the global positive maximum, withThe claim of a finite maximum requires nonzero capillary residual trapping. At the mobile volume rises monotonically towards and the peak time tends to infinity. As , the limiting peak time is and the limiting maximum is .