MATH383: Models leading to differential equations (MOD)
MATH383: Models leading to differential equations (MOD)
Rates of change arise in all the sciences
Mathematics introduces appropriate abstractions for rates of change
Features of the mathematical abstraction allows understanding of the phenomenon of interest, irrespective of the application domain
Separable ODEs solved by integration
Direction fields
Software capabilities
(Textbook: 1.1-1.2, pp.2-26)