Mathematical Modelling in the Sciences

This course is designed specifically for international students. The mathematical prerequisites are kept to a minimum; the course focuses on teaching the student how to formulate a mathematical description of a phenomenon in science using examples from physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. Analysis of the models is carried out by analytical methods and computer simulation. The course is primarily taught through three to four large examples.

Main lecturer: dr. rer. nat. Bernhelm BOOSS-BAVNBEK

Assistant lecturers: B.Sc. Jesper HEEBØLL, B.Sc. Tina HECKSHER

Time slot: Tuesday and Friday 9:00-12:00 am (breaks 10:00-10:15 and 11:00-11:05)

Orientation: September 9, 2004, 9:30-10:00 am

Beginning: September 14, 2004, at 9:00 am

Evaluation: Obligatory weekly home work (from Tuesday to Tuesday) plus three larger modelling tasks ("mini-projects"); all written work has to be defended in scheduled oral examinations

Text book: Calculus: Single Variable, Third Edition, ©2002 (by Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, William G. McCallum, et al.), ISBN: 0-471-40826-3, a title published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., at the following web address: