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Instructor: Prof. INDIKA Rajapakse (indikar@umich.edu)
Teaching Assistant: RAM Prakash (nuvi@umich.edu)
Location: 1200 Chemistry Building, Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday (Indika R), 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: https://meet.google.com/dnm-zipr-tsb or in person after class
James Simons: My Guiding Principles
Links
Canvas, Piazza, and Comments/feedback
MATLAB: 1) MATLAB Tutorial 2) Basic Functions Reference
A service course on linear algebra regularly taught by Gil Strang. Here is the course webpage.
Recommended Reading Material
Dr. Cleve Book: Numerical Computing with MATLAB
Jon Kleinberg's Book: Networks, Crowds, and Markets
Francesco Bullo's Book: Lectures on Network Systems
Albert-László Barabási's Book: Network Science
References of Interest
Great Blogs! I visit these from time to time, and they have many great articles: Cleve Moler's Blog and Bits of DNA
NOTES, SLIDES, AND PAPERS
NOTES, SLIDES, AND PAPERS
Date: 08-26-2025
Date: 08-26-2025
Introduction: Slides
Papers
Turing, Alan Mathison. "The chemical basis of morphogenesis." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 370(1666), p.20140218. (Classic!)
Rajapakse I. "Conversation with Dr. Steve Smale and Dr. Lee Hartwell." NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, 68 (9).
Date: 8-29-2024
Date: 8-29-2024
Quote of the Day
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence" ― Helen Keller
GENERAL READING
GENERAL READING
I will add to this list throughout the semester
Strogatz SH. "Exploring complex networks." Nature. 2001 Mar;410(6825):268-76.
Rajapakse I. "Conversation with Dr. Steve Smale and Dr. Lee Hartwell." NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, 68 (9).
Hartwell, Leland H., et al. "From molecular to modular cell biology." Nature 402.6761 (1999): C47-C52.
Strogatz, Steven H. "Love affairs and differential equations." Mathematics Magazine 61, no. 1 (1988): 35-35. (FUN read!)
Stephen Hoge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn9sRkkqGT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kHTzt7EVs
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