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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819836803321

Autore

Banasiak J.

Titolo

Mathematical modelling in one dimension : an introduction via difference and differential equations / / Jacek Banasiak [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

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

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

AIMS library series

Disciplina

511/.8

Soggetti

Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.