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Schedule

Under construction for Fall 2025 edition. Lectures will be updated as we go.

Lecture Topic Background reading
1 Why and how to build a model Preface (2p.), Chapter 1 (14p.), Chapter 2 (34p.)
2 Numerical and graphical techniques (univariate) 4.1-4.3 (23p.)
3 Equilibria (univariate) 5.1-5.2 (12p.)
4 Stability (univariate) 5.3 (13p.)
5 General solutions (univariate) Chapter 6 (18p.)
- Test
6 Vectors and matrices P2.1-P2.4 (14p.)
7 Linear algebra P2.5-P2.7 (9p.)
8 General solutions (linear multivariate) I P2.8-P2.9 (13p.), 9.1-9.2 (18p.)
9 General solutions (linear multivariate) II
10 Demography Chapter 10 (37p.)
- Test
11 Numerical and graphical techniques (multivariate) 4.4-4.5 (12p.)
12 Equilibria (nonlinear multivariate) Chapter 8 (37p.)
13 Stability (nonlinear multivariate) Chapter 8 (37p.)
14 Epidemiology 294-301 (7p.)
15 Multi-locus population genetics 322-330 (8p.)
- Test
16 Evolutionary invasion analysis I 12.1-12.4 (30p.)
17 Evolutionary invasion analysis II 12.1-12.4 (30p.)
18 The evolution of dominance 12.5 (17p.)
19 Evolutionary invasion analysis III 12.1-12.4 (30p.)
20 Example
- Test