We cover how to use the basics of calculus to model some of the phenomena in natural science. Mathematical subjects include systems of ordinary differential equations and some examples of partial differential equations. Applications are in many fields of science, especially biology and biochemistry.
Students can choose an area to study for a project.
This course was taught once before in the Fall 2000. It was intended primarily for advanced undergraduate students in the natural sciences and had a prerequisite of at least one semester of calculus. However, the course does require scientific sophistication. We will probably cover chapters 1-17, although the class may choose to change or reorder the chapters we cover. The course is set up to use netmath, which is a free software program utilizing the mathematics department computers.