Mathematical ecology and biology
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Synopsis
A. Stability
- Continuous population models: stability, bifurcations. [Drazin, 1.3-1.5.]
- Hysteresis, non-dimensionalisation.
- Discrete models: stability, chaos.
- Harvesting: optimal strategies.
B. Oscillations
- Lotka-Volterra model. [Jordan and Smith, 2.1-2.3.]
- Predator-prey systems.
- Limit cycles.
C. Enzyme reactions
- Michaelis-Menten kinetics: pseudo-steady state hypothesis.
- Allosteric enzymes.
- Glycolysis.
- Glycolytic oscillations.
D. Waves
- Fisher equation.
- Excitable media.
- Signal propagation in nerve cells.
E. Pattern formation
- Reaction-diffusion.
- Turing instability.
Reading
- J.D. Murray, Mathematical biology. Springer-Verlag, 2nd ed., 1993.
- F. Hoppensteadt, Mathematical theories of populations: demographics,
genetics and
epidemics. SIAM, Philadelphia, 1975 (reprinted 1993).
- L.A. Segel, Modeling dynamic phenomena in molecular and cellular
biology. C.U.P.,
1984.
- S.I. Rubinow, Introduction to mathematical biology. John Wiley,
1975.
- A. Goldbeter, Biochemical oscillations and cellular rhythms. C.U.P.,
1996.
- E. Renshaw, Modelling biological populations in space and
time. C.U.P., 1991.
Also:
- P.G. Drazin, Nonlinear systems. C.U.P., 1992.
- D.W. Jordan and P. Smith, Nonlinear ordinary differential
equations, 2nd ed. O.U.P., 1987.
Course materials
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