Module MA3400-KP05
Biomathematics (BioMaKP05)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each winter semester
Credit points
5
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Bachelor CLS 2023, compulsory, mathematics
- Bachelor Computer Science 2019, optional subject, Extended optional subjects
- Bachelor Computer Science 2019, compulsory, Canonical Specialization Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, medical computer science
- Master MLS 2018, optional subject, interdisciplinary competence
- Bachelor Computer Science 2016, optional subject, advanced curriculum
- Bachelor Computer Science 2016, compulsory, Canonical Specialization Bioinformatics
- Master MLS 2016, optional subject, mathematics / computer science
- Bachelor CLS 2016, compulsory, mathematics
- Bachelor Biophysics 2016, compulsory, mathematics
Classes and lectures:
- Biomathematics (exercise, 2 SWS)
- Biomathematics (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 20 hours exam preparation
- 60 hours in-classroom work
- 70 hours private studies and exercises
Contents of teaching:
- Examples and elementary solution methods for ordinary differential equations
- Existence and uniqueness theorems
- Dependence of solutions on initial conditions
- Linear systems (in particular with constant coefficients)
- Higher-Order linear differential equations
- Qualitative theory of nonlinear systems
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students are able to explain basic notions from the theory of ordinary differential equations.
- Students can explain bad phenomena of solutions of differential equations using examples.
- Students can specify conditions under which good phenomena of solutions are guaranteed by applying theorems from the theory of ordinary differential equations.
- Students are able to find explicit solutions of simple differential equations.
- Students are able to explain how solutions of differential equations can be analysed qualitatively.
- Students are able to present important models of the natural sciences which can be analysed by differential equations.
Grading through:
- written exam
Responsible for this module:
Literature:
- G. Birkhoff, G.-C. Rota : Ordinary Differential Equations
- H. Heuser : Gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen Teubner Verlag 2009 (6. Auflage)
- M.W. Hirsch, S. Smale : Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Linear Algebra
- J. D. Murray : Mathematical Biology Springer
- J. Scheurle : Gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen
- R. Schuster : Biomathematik Vieweg + Teubner Studienbücher 2009
- W. Walter : Gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Admission requirememnts for taking the module:- None (The competencies of the modules listed under 'Requires' are needed for this module, but are not a formal prerequisite)
Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Successful completion of homework assignments during the semester
Module exam(s):
- MA3400-L1: Biomathematics, written exam, 90 min, 100 % of module grade
Last Updated:
22.02.2022