Instructor: Thomas W. Carr
| Assignment | Description | Assignment | Solutions | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R0 & Logistic Equation | Problems 1, 2 and 3 | p1, p2, p3 | Thu., Sep. 1 |
| 2 | Gompertz Model, Harvesting, recovery times | Problems 4, 5 and 6 | p1, p2 | Tue., Sep. 13 |
| 3 | SIR w/o demographics | Problems 7, 8 and 9 | p1, p2 | Tue., Sep. 20 |
| 4 | SIR with modifications | Problems 10, 11, 12, 13 | p1, p2 p2 | Thu., Sep. 29 |
| 5 | Delay DEs | Problems 14, 15, 16 | p1 | Thu., Oct. 18 |
| 6 | Immune Response | Problem 17 | p1 | Tue., Nov. 1 |
| 7 | Structured Populations | Problems 18, 19, 20 | p1, p2 | Thu., Nov 10 |
In preparing talks, you are welcome to use MS PowerPoint or LaTeX.
At first, LaTeX can be a bit intimidating to use; it is certainly not a program you can learn over the weekend. However, LaTeX is the standard document preparation program in the mathematical and physical sciences. SMU dissertations are prepared using LaTeX and almost all research articles are prepared in LaTeX. Every faculty member in the SMU math department regularly uses LaTeX.
The easiest way to get started is by editting a document that someone else has already created. Below is a sample article and two sample talks. The article is the easiest to begin working with and compile. The talk requires add on "programs" called Prosper and Beamers, for which I have provided additional information about below. Generally, Prosper and Beamer come included with any recent latex installation and more information about each can be found with by a quick google search. Of late, I use Beamer. Note that upon initial compiling you will get errors due to not being able to find the figures; you will have to comment these lines out to get it to work.
LaTeX
Presentations
Compiling
On a Linux computer...
>> latex file.tex
>> dvips file.dvi -o
Those two commands will create a postscript (.ps) file. To create a pdf file that can be read by acrobat:
>> ps2pdf file.ps
