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