Research Publications

APMA 0200

Spring 2015

Instructor:               John Gemmer (john_gemmer@brown.edu)

Office Hours:       Wednesday 3:00-4:00, Thursday 10:00-11:00                                   
Lecture:                 MWF: 10:00-10:50, Salomon Center, Room 202

Teaching Assistant: Elijah Carrel (elijah_carrel@brown.edu)
Office Hours: Wednesday 4:00-5:00, Thursday 4:00-5:00. Science Center, Room 320

Optional Textbooks:
1. An introduction to mathematical modeling, Bender, Edward A. (2012)
2. Matlab guide, Higham, D.J. and Higham, N.J. (2005)

Course Handouts and Useful Websites:
1. Syllabus: (.pdf)
2. Homework Policy (.pdf)
3. Latex Templates
4. Link to Matlab
5. Discrete Dynamical Systems (.pdf)

Matlab Examples:
1. Discrete Logistic Equation
2. Leslie Model
3. Reaction-Difusion Equation (part1, part2)
4. Plotting Example
5. Solution Curves for (Continuous) Logistic Equation

Lecture Notes:
1. Lecture #1 (What is modeling?)
2. Lecture #2 (Discrete dynamical systems)
3. Lecture #3 (First order differential equations)
4. Lecture #4 (Modeling with differential equations)
5. Lecture #5 (Linear systems of differential equations)

Homework Assignments:
1. Homework #1
2. Homework #2
3. Homework #3
4. Homework #4
5. Homework #5
6. Homework #6