Mathematical Biology
SCCC 411B, Spring 1997
University of South Carolina
Professor
Matt Miller
miller@math.sc.edu
Department of Mathematics
Professor
Dave Wethey
wethey@biol.sc.edu
Department of Biological Sciences
Jan 28-30: Systems: box models and predator-prey
This week
Work on the lead metabolism problem in E-K and the associated Maple worksheet
lead.mws
Understand the processs of bringing an equation to dimensionless form, and why one might want to do this. See E-K page 152, problem 13ab
Do the Maple worksheet
volterra.mws
Continue to work on E-K page 152, problem 25a-f
Read E-K pp 210-223 (ignore stuff on Jacobians for now)
For next week
Read E-K pp 224-231 (predator-prey) reasonably seriously and pp 242-254 (S-I-R models) just for the overall ideas
Work on E-K p 258, problems 7, 8, 9a, 13, 31
To be collected Wed (Feb 5) E-K p 265, problem 31 and answers to questions *** blah blah blah **** on the Volterra Maple worksheet
Read Volterra's own account of what he did (handout)