CALCULUS AND PROBABILITY WITH BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Applications of integration, integration using mathematical software packages. Scaling and allometry. Basic probability theory. Fundamentals of linear algebra: vectors, matrices, matrix algebra. Difference and differential equations. Each topic will be illustrated by examples and applications from the biological sciences, such as population growth, predator-prey dynamics, age-structured populations.
Prerequisites & course information
Antirequisite(s): Calculus 1301A/B, Calculus 1501A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1414A/B, or the former Applied Mathematics 1414A/B. Prerequisite(s): One or more of Calculus 1000A/B, Calculus 1500A/B, Mathematics 1225A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B, or the former Applied Mathematics 1412A/B. Extra Information: 4 lecture hours. Course Weight: 0.50
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027