Modeling Life The Mathematics of Biological Systems /

• Main Authors: Garfinkel, Alan (Author), Shevtsov, Jane (Author), Guo, Yina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Differential equations.; Mathematical models.; Biomathematics.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Ordinary Differential Equations.

From predator-prey populations in an ecosystem, to hormone regulation within the body, the natural world abounds in dynamical systems that affect us profoundly. This book develops the mathematical tools essential for students in the life sciences to describe these interacting systems and to understa...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Modeling, Change, and Simulation
• 2. Derivatives and Integrals
• 3. Equilibrium Behavior
• 4. Non-Equilibrium Dynamics: Oscillation
• 5. Chaos
• 6. Linear Algebra
• 7. Multivariable Systems
• Bibliography
• Index.