05/30/05

Welcome to Week 10 -- Project Presentation Week. For the Week 10 schedule see the Project Presentation Signup Form. Here are a few things that you need to have ready by the end of the week.

If you are doing a two credit project you will be giving a 25 minute presentation and submitting a 10 page paper (double spaced). The due date for the paper is Thursday June 2nd. See the Project Information Handout for more information about the criteria for the paper.

If you are doing a four credit project you will be giving a 45 minute presentation and either submitting a 20 page paper (double spaced), or a project portfolio, whichever we discussed.

I would like you all to hand in a portfoio of your work from this quarter by Thursday June 2nd also. The portfolio will include all homework assignments, tests, seminar passes and project notes. I will also look at your NetLogo files, but you do not need to include these in your portfolio. If you have done any other work you would like me to look at, include this also.

Please hand in a rough-draft of your self-evaluation with your portfolio.

Signup for an evaluation on the Evaluation Signup Form.

Bring a final draft of your self-evaluation, and a faculty evaluation with you to your conference.

05/26/05

Here you go -- enjoy the sun! Mathematical Biology Test 2

05/25/05

Better late than never: Non-Linear Dynamics Test 2

05/20/05

Please signup for presentation time on the Project Presentation Signup Form. If you are doing a half hour presentation (Math Origins students), Signup for Tuesday or Thursday morning. If you are doing a forty five minute presentation please signup on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. I'd like all students to come to the presentations -- even if you are not presenting . The presentations will be peer evaluated and I consider your feedback to be important when writing evaluations.

05/19/05

Sorry about the missed class. Here are some changes to next week's schedule that I had hoped to announce in class:

There will be no seminar on Monday. I will meet with students who missed their project meetings with me instead.

There will be no in-class tests next week. On Wednesday and Thursday I will finish up with a bit of material that I didn't get to this week and will devote the rest of the time to review for the take-home tests.

I will post a signup list for project presentations by tomorrow. These will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of Week 10. Those of you presenting on Tuesday should be aware that the take-home tests are also due that day so please start preparing now!

Adam is sick today so cannot run the Netlogo tutorial. He will help remotely via email. Contact him at netlogoquestions@gmail.com

05/18/05

Here is a link to a simulation of the Chaotic Waterwheel

05/10/05

I have posted the phylogenetic tree worksheet in the worksheets section of the website. This is due for homework this Thursday.

04/22/05

I have posted the take-home tests in the worksheets section of the website for those who would like a second look at these tests.

04/019/05

Recall that there are tests this week. You may bring one page of notes to the in-class test.

For Non-Linear Dynamics: Wednesday, April 20th.

Ch 3: Bifurcations: Find fixed points, check stability, recognize and sketch bifurcation diagrams, non-dimensionalize a differetial equation, sketch stability diagrams for imperfect bifurcations and recognize catastrophes

Ch 4: Flows on the Circle: Find fixed points, check stability and sketch bifurcation diagrams for flows on a circle.

For Discrete Mathematical Biology: Thursday, April 21st.

Ch 1: Difference Equations: Linear and Non-Linear Models. Find Equilibria and check stability with linearization. Draw cob web diagrams and understand their link to stability. Understand the logistic model and its limitations. Describe the route to chaos.

Ch 2: Linear Systems and Matrix Models: Create matrix models, such as forest succession models, Usher and Leslie models. Use matrix algebra (multiplication, inverse, eigenvalues and eigenvectors) to predict long term behviour of linear systems.

04/06/05

This is a quick reminder that project proposals are due on Thursday. I've posted a new link to Mathematical biology papers (pariticualry concerning evolution) in the Resources section of the website.

04/01/05

I hope it's been a good first week of Spring quarter for everyone. Let me konw if you have questions. This is a reminder that Projects proposals are due next Thursday. If you have questions about what this involves come talk to me on Monday. Also, I've posted the Logistic Map Excel demo in the Labs and Demos section of the website. You may find this example program useful for parts of this week's discrete mathematical biology homework (when they suggest you use MATLAB, use Excel instead.)

03/23/05

Please complete the following credit distribution questionaire

03/18/05

The Week 1 Schedule is now set. Please complete the listed readings before each class. In particular we will be having a seminar discussion on the preface and first 3 chapters of Life's Other Secret by Ian Stewart on Monday of Week 1. Please read those chapters and write a paragraph about some topic that you wish to discuss during the seminar.