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Explore the commonalities between various images and concepts related to human health and scientific modeling. Dive into differential calculus, Navier-Stokes equations, reaction-diffusion equations, and more. Prepare for an exciting journey into the world of mathematical modeling.
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Math 110, Fall 2007Occidental College An introduction to Mathematical Modeling Friday September 14, 2007 (adapted from a presentation by ProfAngela Gallegos)
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Spartina alterniflora two.ucdavis.edu/spartina
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/19263.jpgwww.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/19263.jpg
Ascaris suum sperm Image provided courtesy of Alex Mogilner
www.caddigest.com/subjects.mcad/select/alias_wavefront_lance.htm (2003)
Myxococcus xanthus non-motile cells adventurous mutants social mutants wild type cmgm.stanford.edu/devbio/kaiserlab/about_myxo/about_myxococcus.html
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS prod bud mark bud pub rate crit rate open gr rel date dom gr dom gror 73,668,000 52,620,000 92% 89% 111,343,385 19-May-04 454,725,923 302,660,083 H%grp Dgrp εgrp 0.035 1.1 0.1 %error: 1.24%
Edwards-Buckmire-Shah Model for Cinematic Box-Office Dynamics A system of three coupled, non-linear ordinary differential equations: Where the parameters are given by: http://faculty.oxy.edu/ron/research/
climate models (diffusion, convection, reaction equations)
parametric equations www2.kenyon.edu/People/holdenerj/Projects/CalculusProjects.htm
marginal cost $ value units of pollution
WELCOME!Differential Calculus and Scientific Modeling We’ll begin in the next class by studying Limits…
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