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On the Rate of Growth of the Population of the United States since 1790 and its Mathematical Representation

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Mathematical Demography

Part of the book series: Biomathematics ((BIOMATHEMATICS,volume 6))

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Pearl and Reed begin their paper with a discussion of exponential and parabolic growth formulas for past U. S. population growth, which we have omitted.

From Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 6. Excerpts are from pages 280–288.

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  • Cf. Pearl, R., The Nation's Food, Philadelphia (W. B. Saunders Company), 1920 (247).

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  • Cf. Pearl, R., The Nation's Food, Philadelphia (W. B. Saunders Company), 1920 (76).

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Pearl, R., Reed, L.J. (1977). On the Rate of Growth of the Population of the United States since 1790 and its Mathematical Representation. In: Mathematical Demography. Biomathematics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81046-6_38

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