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Topics in mathematical modeling / K. K. Tung - 50 páginas ; 16 cm.

Incluye bibliografía

1. Fibonacci numbers, the golden ratio and laws of nature. --2. Scaling law of life, the internet and social networks. --3. Modeling change one step at a time. --4. Differential equation models: carbon dating, age of the universe, HIV modeling. --5. Modeling in the physical sciences, Keple, Newton and Caculos. --6. Nonlinear population models: an introduction to qualitative analysus using phase planes. --7. Discrete time logistic map, periodic and chaotic solutions. --8. Snowball earth and global warming. --9. Interactions: predator-prey, spraying of pests carnivores in Australia. --10. Marriage and divorce. --11. Chaos in deterministic continuous system, poincare and lonrenz. --12. El niño and the southern oscilation. --13. Age of the Earth: Lord Kelvins model. --14. Collapsing bridges: broughton and tacoma narrows.

ISBN: 9780691116426

Subjects--Topical Terms:
MATHEMATICAL MODELING. CALCULOS. EQUATIONS.

Dewey Class. No.: 511.8 / T9262t