Mathematical Models in Biology

Leah Edelstein-Keshet is a member of the Mathematics Department at the University of British Columbia and past president of the Society for Mathematical Biology. She has been involved in research in mathematical biology for over 30 years, most recently as a team leader of a Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems MITACS (Canada) biomedical modeling team.

Acknowledgments Part 1: Discrete Process in Biology Chapter 1: The Theory of Linear Difference Equations Applied to Population Growth Chapter 2: Nonlinear Difference Equations Chapter 3: Applications of Nonlinear Difference Equations to Population Biology Part 2: Continuous Processes and Ordinary Differential Equations Chapter 4: An Introduction to Continuous Models Chapter 5: Phase-Plane Methods and Qualitative Solutions Chapter 6: Applications of Continuous Models to Population Dynamics Chapter 7: Models for Molecular Events Chapter 8: Limit Cycles, Oscillations, and Excitable Systems Part 3: Spatially Distributed Systems and Partial Differential Equation Models Chapter 9: An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations and Diffusion in Biological Settings Chapter 10: Partial Differential Equation Models in Biology Chapter 11: Models for Development and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems Selected Answers Author Index Subject Index