Lecture 8; Math 636

 

LEFTOVERS

Modeling a function

                        what depends on what (is determined by what)?

 

THREADS

Several new ones. Five minute talks.

 

NEW

Linear algebra

                        n-tuples & vector spaces

                                                linear combinations – dimensional analysis

                                                non-negative combinations  -- Sajia project

                                                convex combinations – Hochul project, ice-water, roll of a die

                       

                        rectangular arrays – linear maps, change of basis, quadratic forms, É

 

Stability

                        Response to perturbations

                        Logistic growth

                        Cobwebs

                        Lotka-Volterra

                        LeChatelier