Office Hours

Mondays: 4:00 - 5:15 pm

Wednesdays: 3:30 - 4:45 pm

Course contents

Topics

• Nature of mathematical modeling
• The modeling process
• Models from classical mechanics
• Population dynamics and epidemiology
• Spatial effects: diffusion, chemical reactions, pattern formation

Techniques

• Dimensional analysis
• Phase plane analysis
• Solutions of systems of differential equations
• Simple solutions of partial differential equations
• Numerical simulations