MA 331 Notes

Lecture Notes
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  1. Lecture 13: Two Dimensional Models: SIR model for closed population. Nullcline/phase plane analysis. Basic reproductive number as a threshold for an outbreak. Vaccination. Outbreak size (not on tests). Brief mention of SIR model with births/deaths.
  2. Lectures 12 and 13: Two Dimensional Models and Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey Model. Two dimensional models: velocity vectors and phase plane. PPLANE. Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey model. Nullclines. More realistic predator-prey model.
  3. Lecture 10: Two Dimensional Models and Linear First Order Differential Equations. Two dimensional models: velocity vectors and phase plane. Pro drug model. Linear first order differential equations.
  4. Lecture 9: Bifurcations. Harvesting models (more realistic and even more realistic). Bistability, tipping points and hysteresis.
  5. Lecture 8: Bifurcations. Transcritical (SIS epidemic model) and Saddle-Node (simplest harvesting model).
  6. Lecture 7: Sketching Solutions of Differential Equations
    For those of you who took MA 231, this should be revision of material you saw there.

  7. Lecture 6: Euler’s Method and Qualitative Theory (Sketching Solutions)
  8. Lecture 5: Slope Fields
  9. Lecture 3: Population Models
  10. Lecture 2: Separation of Variables Videos here go through the method in more detail and some of them provide additional examples.
  11. Lecture 1