Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 4 14C d Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Uniform per-capita culling subtracts and from the two equations:Adding and again differentiating gives the Uniform per-capita culling in the plant SI model equationsThe direct culling terms cancel from the prevalence equation because both classes are culled equally, but culling lowers the eventual total population. For , , and a rare infection grows precisely whenTherefore, when , disease is eliminated while a positive plant population remains exactly forFor the disease already dies out without culling. If , culling drives the entire plant population to extinction, which removes the disease only by removing its host.