- Exercises from chapter 4 due Monday, April 16th.
- Exercises from chapter 5 due prior to final.
- Models of epidemics - a
non-linear system
- Compartmental models
- The equations: SIR
- The basic reproduction number and the implications for public health.
- Long term behavior of the population
- explosive growth?
- limited growth?
Sometimes qualitative information results even when the solution is not forthcoming!
- Compartmental models
- A non-linear D.E. model for the origin of sex in simple organisms
- Compartmental model
- Non-linear differential equations
- Qualitative effect of parameter changes
- Jim's project: lizard body size and growth