MATH 331
MAST 331
Winter 2023
Topics
- Construction of models in physical, biological and social sciences
- Continuous- and discrete-time dynamic models
- Markov chains
- Linear and nonlinear differential equations in one and two dimensions
- Models constructed from data
- Calculus, probability and linear-algebra methods for modeling
Readings
- Complete instructor course notes.
- Reference (not explicitly required): Steven Strogatz. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering, 2nd edition. CRC Press.
Sources
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Winter 2023
- Winter 2023 outline. Explicitly no assigned textbook; course notes are based partly on Strogatz. The first-page header says MATH 331, but later footers say MAST 331. Header code is preserved and the ambiguity is flagged.