The logistic differential equation
where is the growth parameter and
is the carrying capacity.
And the maximum rate of increase happens when
I am going to separate the denominator on the left hand side
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So our equation is,
When ,
The equation is now
Divide by
Proving the Maximum Rate of Increase Happens When 
Hence or
(1)
Substitute into equation
Hence, not a maximum.
Substitute into equation
For all values of
and
.
Hence maximum when
We will look at a worked example in the next post.