<p style="MARGIN: 0px">Preface xi</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1 LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS, THEORY, AND EXAMPLES 1</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.1 Introduction 1</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.2 Basic Definitions and Notation 2</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.3 First-Order Equations 6</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.4 Second-Order and Higher-Order Equations 8</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.5 First-Order Linear Systems 14</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.6 An Example: Leslie’s Age-Structured Model 18</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.7 Properties of the Leslie Matrix 20</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.8 Exercises for Chapter 1 28</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.9 References for Chapter 1 33</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">1.10 Appendix for Chapter 1 34</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 1.10.1 Maple Program:Turtle Model 34</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 1.10.2 MATLAB® Program:Turtle Model 34</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2 NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS, THEORY, AND EXAMPLES 36</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.1 Introduction 36</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.2 Basic Definitions and Notation 37</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.3 Local Stability in First-Order Equations 40</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.4 Cobwebbing Method for First-Order Equations 45</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.5 Global Stability in First-Order Equations 46</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.6 The Approximate Logistic Equation 52</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.7 Bifurcation Theory 55</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.7.1 Types of Bifurcations 56</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.7.2 Liapunov Exponents 60</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.8 Stability in First-Order Systems 62</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.9 Jury Conditions 67</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.10 An Example: Epidemic Model 69</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.11 Delay Difference Equations 73</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.12 Exercises for Chapter 2 76</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.13 References for Chapter 2 82</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">2.14 Appendix for Chapter 2 84</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.14.1 Proof of Theorem 2.1 84</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.14.2 A Definition of Chaos 86</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.14.3 Jury Conditions (Schur-Cohn Criteria) 86</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.14.4 Liapunov Exponents for Systems of Difference Equations 87</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 2.14.5 MATLAB Program: SIR Epidemic Model 88</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3 BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS 89</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.1 Introduction 89</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.2 Population Models 90</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.3 Nicholson-Bailey Model 92</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.4 Other Host-Parasitoid Models 96</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.5 Host-Parasite Model 98</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.6 Predator-Prey Model 99</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.7 Population Genetics Models 103</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.8 Nonlinear Structured Models 110</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.8.1 Density-Dependent Leslie Matrix Models 110</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.8.2 Structured Model for Flour Beetle Populations 116</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.8.3 Structured Model for the Northern Spotted Owl 118</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.8.4 Two-Sex Model 121</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.9 Measles Model with Vaccination 123</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.10 Exercises for Chapter 3 127</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.11 References for Chapter 3 134</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">3.12 Appendix for Chapter 3 138</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.12.1 Maple Program: Nicholson-Bailey Model 138</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.12.2 Whooping Crane Data 138</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 3.12.3 Waterfowl Data 139</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4 LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: THEORY AND EXAMPLES 141</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.1 Introduction 141</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.2 Basic Definitions and Notation 142</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.3 First-Order Linear Differential Equations 144</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.4 Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations 145</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 4.4.1 Constant Coefficients 146</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.5 Routh-Hurwitz Criteria 150</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.6 Converting Higher-Order Equations to First-OrderSystems 152</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.7 First-Order Linear Systems 154</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 4.7.1 Constant Coefficients 155</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.8 Phase-Plane Analysis 157</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.9 Gershgorin’s Theorem 162</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.10 An Example: Pharmacokinetics Model 163</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.11 Discrete and Continuous Time Delays 165</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.12 Exercises for Chapter 4 169</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.13 References for Chapter 4 172</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">4.14 Appendix for Chapter 4 173</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 4.14.1 Exponential of a Matrix 173</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 4.14.2 Maple Program: Pharmacokinetics Model 175</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5 NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: THEORY AND EXAMPLES 176</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.1 Introduction 176</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.2 Basic Definitions and Notation 177</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.3 Local Stability in First-Order Equations 180</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.3.1 Application to Population Growth Models 181</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.4 Phase Line Diagrams 184</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.5 Local Stability in First-Order Systems 186</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.6 Phase Plane Analysis 191</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.7 Periodic Solutions 194</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.7.1 Poincaré-Bendixson Theorem 194</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.7.2 Bendixson’s and Dulac’s Criteria 197</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.8 Bifurcations 199</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.8.1 First-Order Equations 200</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.8.2 Hopf Bifurcation Theorem 201</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.9 Delay Logistic Equation 204</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.10 Stability Using Qualitative Matrix Stability 211</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.11 Global Stability and Liapunov Functions 216</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.12 Persistence and Extinction Theory 221</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.13 Exercises for Chapter 5 224</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.14 References for Chapter 5 232</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">5.15 Appendix for Chapter 5 234</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.15.1 Subcritical and Supercritical Hopf Bifurcations 234</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 5.15.2 Strong Delay Kernel 235</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6 BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 237</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.1 Introduction 237</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.2 Harvesting a Single Population 238</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.3 Predator-Prey Models 240</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.4 Competition Models 248</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.4.1 Two Species 248</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.4.2 Three Species 250</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.5 Spruce Budworm Model 254</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.6 Metapopulation and Patch Models 260</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.7 Chemostat Model 263</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.7.1 Michaelis-Menten Kinetics 263</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.7.2 Bacterial Growth in a Chemostat 266</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.8 Epidemic Models 271</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.8.1 SI, SIS, and SIR Epidemic Models 271</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.8.2 Cellular Dynamics of HIV 276</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.9 Excitable Systems 279</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.9.1 Van der Pol Equation 279</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.9.2 Hodgkin-Huxley and FitzHugh-Nagumo Models 280</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.10 Exercises for Chapter 6 283</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.11 References for Chapter 6 292</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">6.12 Appendix for Chapter 6 296</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.12.1 Lynx and Fox Data 296</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 6.12.2 Extinction in Metapopulation Models 296</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: THEORY, EXAMPLES, AND APPLICATIONS 299</p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.1 Introduction 299</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.2 Continuous Age-Structured Model 300</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 7.2.1 Method of Characteristics 302</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> 7.2.2 Analysis of the Continuous Age-Structured Model 306</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.3 Reaction-Diffusion Equations 309</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.4 Equilibrium and Traveling Wave Solutions 316</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.5 Critical Patch Size 319</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.6 Spread of Genes and Traveling Waves 321</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.7 Pattern Formation 325</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.8 Integrodifference Equations 330</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.9 Exercises for Chapter 7 331</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">7.10 References for Chapter 7 336</p> </blockquote> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Index 339</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p>