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Mathematical models in the social and biological sciences / Edward Beltrami.

Title: Mathematical models in the social and biological sciences / Edward Beltrami.
Author: Beltrami, Edward J.
Publication: Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c1993.

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xiii, 197 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This text offers novel applications of mathematics to fascinating questions in the social anbd biological sciences, teaching the necessary mathematics along the way. Suggested background includes some multivariate differential calculus, a brief introduction to differential equations, and an introduction to calculus-based probability.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

1. Crabs and criminals -- 2. Congressional seats and who picks up all the garbage? -- 3. While the city burns -- 4. Measles and sardines -- 5. Algae blooms, pollution, and squirrels -- 6. It's all a game -- A. Conditional probability and conditional expectation -- B. Linear second-order differential equations -- C. Vector functions.

ISBN

0867202920

LCCN

^^^92025309^

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Harvard Library