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The Evaluation of Eigenvalues of a Differential Equation Arising in a Problem in Genetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

G. F. Miller  and
E. T. Goodwin
G. F. Miller
Affiliation:
The National Physical LaboratoryTeddingtonMiddlesex
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Abstract

This paper concerns the determination of the smallest eigenvalue of a second order differential equation containing two parameters which arises in problems concerning genic selection under random drift in a population of finite size. A table of values is given, the method of computation is described, and the asymptotic behaviour for large values of one of the parameters is investigated.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , October 1962 , pp. 588 - 593
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1962

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