Description |
1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) |
Series |
Mathematics and biosciences in interaction |
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Mathematics and biosciences in interaction
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Contents |
What changes has mathematics made to the Darwinian theory? / W.J. Ewens -- The mathematics of Darwin's theory of evolution : 1859 and 150 years later / P. Schuster -- Some mathematical models in evolutionary genetics / R. Bürger -- Extinction, persistence, and evolution / P. Jagers -- Group theory in homogeneous populations (rescuing Darwin from the mud) / P. Taylor -- Evolutionary dynamics of collective action / J.M. Pacheco [and others] -- On kin and group selection, and the haystack model / V.A.A. Jansen -- Population formulation of adaptative meso-evolution : theory and numerics / S. Mirrahimi [and others] -- Random modeling of adaptive dynamics and evolutionary branching / S. Méléard -- Thoughts on the geometry of meso-evolution : collecting mathematical elements for a postmodern synthesis / J.A.J. (Hans) Metz -- When do optimisation arguments make evolutionary sense? / M. Gyllenberg, J.A.J. (Hans) Metz and R. Service |
Summary |
The book presents a general overview of mathematical models in the context of evolution. It covers a wide range of topics such as population genetics, population dynamics, speciation, adaptive dynamics, game theory, kin selection, and stochastic processes. Written by leading scientists working at the interface between evolutionary biology and mathematics the book is the outcome of a conference commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, and the 150th anniversary of the first publication of his book "On the origin of species". Its chapters vary in format between general introductory and state-of-the-art research texts in biomathematics, in this way addressing both students and researchers in mathematics, biology and related fields. Mathematicians looking for new problems as well as biologists looking for rigorous description of population dynamics will find this book fundamental |
Analysis |
wiskunde |
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mathematics |
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populatiegenetica |
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population genetics |
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populatiedynamica |
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population dynamics |
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toegepaste wiskunde |
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applied mathematics |
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mathematische biologie |
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mathematical biology |
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Mathematics (General) |
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Wiskunde (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Biomathematics.
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Biomathematics
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Chalub, Fabio A. C. C
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Rodrigues, José-Francisco
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ISBN |
9783034801225 |
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303480122X |
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9783034801218 |
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3034801211 |
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