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The determination of the intrinsic rate of increase in a stable population involves finding the real root r0 of the following integral equation:
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Smith, D.P., Keyfitz, N. (2013). A New Method for Calculating Lotka’s r — The Intrinsic Rate of Growth in a Stable Population. In: Wachter, K., Le Bras, H. (eds) Mathematical Demography. Demographic Research Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35858-6_17
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