Classroom Note: A Model of Dieting

  • Authors:
  • Ronald E. Mickens;Denise N. Brewley;Matasha L. Russell

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Review
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

We construct a mathematical model of the dieting process and investigate the properties of its solutions. While the general solution cannot be explicitly obtained, we show that all the important features can be determined by use of geometrical techniques and linear stability analysis. The results of this study are consistent with all accepted facts relating to the dieting process.