differential equations

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Schedule

• Week Zero
  • Friday, September 9, 2016.
    • Handout from class
• Week One
  • Tuesday, September 13, 2016.
    • Read chapters 1 and 2 of Booth, et al.
    • In class we will discuss the reading and we will have our first encounter with python.
  • Wednesday, September 14, 2016.
    • In class I will present Euler's method for solving differential equations.
    • Optional videos on Euler's method: [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3] [Video 4] [Video 5]
  • Friday, September 16, 2016.
    • Read chapter 3 and 4 of Booth, et al.
    • We will go over lists and plotting in python.
• Week Two
  • Tuesday, September 20, 2016.
    • Numpy and plotting in python.
    • Intro to SIR model
  • Wednesday, September 21, 2016.
    • Python session.
  • Friday, September 24, 2016.
    • Non-dimensionalizing the SIR model
    • Discussion of peer-review process
    • Introduction to google scholar and mendeley.
    • Homework One Due at the end of the day.
• Week Three
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2016.
    • Read Towers, et al Mass Media and the Contagion of Fear: The Case of Ebola in America.
    • Intro to Lotka-Volterra model
  • Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
    • Python and odeint to solve systems of differential equations.
  • Friday, September 30, 2016.
    • Discuss "Why Model", by Epstein.
    • Introduction to diffusion
    • Project Milestone One Due at the end of the day.
• Week Four
  • Tuesday, October 4, 2016
    • More diffusion
  • Wednesday, October 5, 2016
    • Individual meetings about projects
  • Friday, October 7, 2016
    • Read Chapter 6 of Booth, et al
    • Time-dependnent diffusion models.
    • Introduction to chaos
    • Homework Two Due
• Week Five
  • Tuesday, October 11, 2016
    • Chaos
    • Presentation skills
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2016
  • Friday, October 14, 2016
    • Bifurcations
• Week Six
  • Tuesday, October 18, 2016
    • Preliminary Presentations
  • Wednesday, October 19, 2016
    • Preliminary Presentations
  • Friday, October 21, 2016
    • TBA