Chapter 8 - Mathematical Modeling

8.2.2 Exact Solution of the Nuclear Decay Equation

The equation to solve is

Pulling all N dependencies to the left of the equal sign, and the time t to the right yields

Integrating yields

Therefore

Using the initial condition N(t=0) = N₀ yields

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