Mathematical modelling in one dimension : an introduction via difference and differential equations / Jacek Banasiak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banasiak, J., author.

Series:

AIMS library series.

AIMS library series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 110 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension demonstrates the universality of mathematical techniques through a wide variety of applications. Learn how the same mathematical idea governs loan repayments, drug accumulation in tissues or growth of a population, or how the same argument can be used to find the trajectory of a dog pursuing a hare, the trajectory of a self-guided missile or the shape of a satellite dish. The author places equal importance on difference and differential equations, showing how they complement and intertwine in describing natural phenomena.

Contents:

Mathematical toolbox

Basic difference equations models and their analysis

Basic differential equations models

Qualitative theory for a single equation

From discrete to continuous models and back.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23875-7

1-139-56537-0

1-107-25591-0

1-107-30198-X

1-107-30707-4

1-299-27638-5

1-107-31262-0

1-107-30927-1

1-107-31482-8

OCLC:

828302496