Data of Covid-19 infection in Italy and mathematical models
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https://doi.org/10.23756/sp.v8i2.547Keywords:
logistic, sigmoid, epidemicAbstract
In this paper I consider some data of Covid-19 infection in Italy from the 20th of February to the 29th of June 2020. Data are analyzed using some fits based on mathematical models. This analysis may be proposed to students of the last class of the Liceo Scientifico in order to debate a real problem with mathematical tools.Downloads
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