Paper 4, Section I, E
Part II, 2021
A marine population grows logistically and disperses by diffusion. It is moderately predated on up to a distance from a straight coast. Beyond that distance, predation is sufficiently excessive to eliminate the population. The density of the population at a distance from the coast satisfies
subject to the boundary conditions
(a) Interpret the terms on the right-hand side of , commenting on their dependence on . Interpret the boundary conditions.
(b) Show that a non-zero population is viable if and
Interpret these conditions.