Math 382A, Mathematical Modeling, Winter, 1996

This is the Math 382A homepage. Consult it from time to time to find useful information for the course. I will include links to the syllabus and other course information.

Here is a copy of current course information.

  1. (3/6/96) Review topics.
  2. (3/5/96) Sample problems for the final exam.
  3. (2/26/96) Here is a copy of the handout on the mathematics of battle.
  4. (2/9/96) The resubmission of the midterm is due on Monday, February 12. You should hand in the original test, and a corrected version on seperate sheets of paper. You need not resubmit problems that were done correctly on the original. If you work with a partner write a note to that effect on the top of the first page of the resubmission.
  5. (2/1/96) The refences to modeling applied to sports that I mentioned are
    • "Mathematical Models of Running", by W. G. Pritchard, SIAM Review, 35, September, 1993, 359-379.
    • "Applying Elementary Probability Theory to the NBA Draft Lottery", by S. G. Penrice, SIAM Review, 37, December, 1995, 598-602.
  6. (2/1/96) Sample problems for the midterm.
  7. (1/23/96) The February, 1996 issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society has an article titled "Using Mathematics to Understand HIV Immune Dynamics". The model developed is a system of ode's. There are several references given to other work. You might find that this is a good topic for a term paper. Last year several students wrote papers about the spread and prevention of AIDS.
  8. (1/23/96) Here is the more technical part of the lecture on renewable resources (corrected version).
  9. (1/19/96) Edward Burger will give an Undergraduate Colloquium at 4pm on Monday, January 22 in Thomson 234. The title is The Texas Cake Cutting Massacre.
  10. How to view dvi and postscript files.
  11. Course syllabus (preliminary version).
  12. For those of you that are interested in using maple, there are worksheets made up by Greg Arden. They are in the files ~arden/public/{ worksheet1.ms, worksheet2.ms }, which you may copy. Call up maple from a menu or x-window and select file and then open from a maple menu. Then choose one of the worksheet files to open. You will be prompted through the worksheet.
  13. An old edition of the Matlab Primer can be viewed from this link. I am not sure if you can bring it up from computers outside the Math Department.

morrow@math.washington.edu
Last revised: March 6, 1996