MAS323   Differential Equations: A Case Study   (10 credits)

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Differential equations arise in study of phenomena in a huge variety of circumstances; for example, biology, economics, astrophysics, weather forecasting and engineering. It follows that they are fundamental to modern applied mathematics. They also take on a very wide variety of forms. This course restricts itself to those which have a single independent variable - the ordinary differential equations (ODEs). ODEs describing a variety of physical systems are considered, with a strong emphasis being placed on showing how these equations are formulated to model the system under consideration. Methods required to formulate and solve these equations are developed in the module as necessary. The module is structured as a case-study in how important ideas in applied mathematics originally came about and were subsequently developed.

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