An Introduction to Delay Differential Equations with Applications to the Life Sciences

This book is intended to be an introduction to Delay Differential Equations for upper level undergraduates or beginning graduate mathematics students who have a good background in ordinary differential equations and would like to learn about the applications. It may also be of interest to applied ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: smith, hal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Texts in Applied Mathematics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction.-The Simplest Delay Equation.-Delayed Negative Feedback: A Warm-Up
  • Existence of Solutions
  • Linear Systems and Linearization
  • Semidynamical Systems and Delay Equations
  • Hopf Bifurcation
  • Distributed Delay Equations and the Linear Chain Trick
  • Phage and Bacteria in a Chemostat.-References
  • Index