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) | 6.1-6.3, 6.5-6.7 (16p.) |
| - | Test | |
| 6 | Representing linear multivariate models with vectors and matrices | P2.1-P2.4 (14p.) |
| 7 | Finding equilibria in linear multivariate models | P2.5-P2.7 (9p.) |
| 8 | General solutions for linear multivariate models | P2.8-P2.9 (13p.), 9.1-9.2 (18p.) |
| 9 | Complex eigenvalues | 7.3.3 (11p.), Box 8.2, Box 9.1, Box 9.2 |
| 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 |