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Author Banasiak, J.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 110 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series AIMS library series
AIMS library series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Uses a wide variety of applications to demonstrate the universality of mathematical techniques in describing and analysing natural phenomena.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Mathematical toolbox; 1.1 Difference equations; 1.2 Differential equations -- an introduction; 1.3 Some equations admitting closed form solutions; 1.4 The Cauchy problem -- existence and uniqueness; 2 Basic difference equations models and their analysis; 2.1 Difference equations of financial mathematics; 2.2 Difference equations of population theory; 2.3 Some applications of discrete population models; 2.4 Some explicitly solvable nonlinear models; 3 Basic differential equations models; 3.1 Equations related to financial mathematics; 3.2 Radiocarbon dating.
3.3 Differential equations for population models3.4 Equations of motion: second-order equations; 3.5 Equations arising from geometrical modelling; 4 Qualitative theory for a single equation; 4.1 Equilibria of first-order equations; 4.2 Equilibrium points of difference equations; 5 From discrete to continuous models and back; 5.1 Discretizing differential equations; 5.2 Discrete equations in continuous time models; 5.3 Stability of differential and difference equations; References; Index.
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Subject Mathematical models.
Mathematical models.
Difference equations.
Difference equations.
Differential equations.
Differential equations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Other Form: Print version: Banasiak, Jacek. Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107654686
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