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 |