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APPM MODELLING COURSE NOTES
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0.1 Course Objectives i
02 Activities i
A .2.1 Lectures i
A.2.2 Tutoriais and Consulting
0.3 Assessment II
4.4 An overview of the course "i
0.5 Resources iv
1 Introduction -t
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1 .1 Assumed background for the course 1
1.2 Review of the Modelling Process 1
1.3 Some popular real life systems 2
.3. 1 Physical systems
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1.3.2 Biological Systems e
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1.4 Systems of Differential Equations 4
1.4.1 Categories of ODE Systems 4
1 .4.2 Solutions of ODE Systems L.
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1.5 Basic terminology . 5
1 6 'Qualitative Analysis r
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2 First Order Systems 6
2.1 Introduction . 6
2.2 Phase diagrams of 1D Systems 6
2,3 Stability of critical points aI
2.4 Stability condition for ID systerns B
2.5 Solutions of 1D systerns 8
2.6 Exercises I
3 Plane (zI.J-) Autonomous Systems 10
3.1 Equilibrium solutions lcritical points) 10
3.2 .tnalytical Concepts 11
:) 2.1 Direction fielC 11
,2.2 Simple Isoclines
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.2.3 Separatrices
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, 3.3 Phasc Diagrams of 2D Systerus 13
3.4 Characterising Critical Points 14
3.5 Finding tire shape of trajectories analytically 15
3,6 Obtaining solution curves from the phase diagram 1r
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d.I Exercises 19
4 Solutions of Linear Systerns 20
4,1 Method 1: Elimination 20
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4.2 fulethod 2: Systems Meihod
4.3 Exercises 24
5 Linear Stability 26
5.1 Introduction 25
5.2 T5,pes of equilibria (Linear systems) 25
5,3 Stability . , 28
5.4 Eigenvalues and linear stability 29
5.5 Exercises 31
6 Nonlinear stability 32
6,1 Linearisation . , 32
6.1.1 Taylor's Theorern .
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6.L.2'Linearisation Theorem 34
6.2 Local stability . . . 34
6.3 Limit Cycles . . 35
6.4 Exercises . . 37
7 Modelling'Apptications d 1Il Systems 38
7.1 The Logistic Population Model 38
7.2 Solutions of 1D systems 39
7.2.1 Solution of the Logistic Mode1 39
7 ,3 Exercises 40
8 Modelling with ZD Systems 42
8.1 Tire linear Oscillator 42
8.1.1 fulodel Formulation 42
8.1.2 Qualitative analysis 42
,3.2 Nonlinear L{odels 43
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8.2.2 The Noirlinear Oscillator (Sirr:ple pendulum) 44
8.2.3 Eiectrical circuits 4tr.
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8.2.4 ;\ gerrcral epidenric nrodel 46
83 Flxercises +o
I lliscrete Systenls 48
3. i \iili]' I)iscrete l'Jodcis . 48
9.2 Frorn Difierence Equations tr: Discrete Systerns 48
ll.3 Discrete First Order Eqiiati()ns 49
9.3.1 Equilibrir-rnr Solutions 49
9,3.2 General Solutions 49
9.3.3 Stability Analysis 50
9,4 Discrete Second Order Systerns 52
9.4.1 Linear Stability Anaiysis . 52
9.4.2 Nonlinear Stability Analysis 55
10 Iliscrete Models 56
10.1 Density-independent gt'ov,,tlt', ,.. . 56
i0.2 The Logistic Difrerence Equation 56
10.3 Interest and Loan reparylnents 58
10.4 An Economic Mode} of Supply and Demand 5g
10.1,1 Cell division 60
10.5 Plant Populations 60
10.6 Structured populations in discrete time 61
10.7 The notion of Chaos 62
10.8 Exercises 62
A Conversion of higher order OBEs 65
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