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Title The mathematics of Darwin's legacy / Fabio A.C.C. Chalub, José Francisco Rodrigues, editors
Published Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 293 pages)
Series Mathematics and biosciences in interaction
Mathematics and biosciences in interaction
Contents What changes has mathematics made to the Darwinian theory? / W.J. Ewens -- The mathematics of Darwin's theory of evolution : 1859 and 150 years later / P. Schuster -- Some mathematical models in evolutionary genetics / R. Bürger -- Extinction, persistence, and evolution / P. Jagers -- Group theory in homogeneous populations (rescuing Darwin from the mud) / P. Taylor -- Evolutionary dynamics of collective action / J.M. Pacheco [and others] -- On kin and group selection, and the haystack model / V.A.A. Jansen -- Population formulation of adaptative meso-evolution : theory and numerics / S. Mirrahimi [and others] -- Random modeling of adaptive dynamics and evolutionary branching / S. Méléard -- Thoughts on the geometry of meso-evolution : collecting mathematical elements for a postmodern synthesis / J.A.J. (Hans) Metz -- When do optimisation arguments make evolutionary sense? / M. Gyllenberg, J.A.J. (Hans) Metz and R. Service
Summary The book presents a general overview of mathematical models in the context of evolution. It covers a wide range of topics such as population genetics, population dynamics, speciation, adaptive dynamics, game theory, kin selection, and stochastic processes. Written by leading scientists working at the interface between evolutionary biology and mathematics the book is the outcome of a conference commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, and the 150th anniversary of the first publication of his book "On the origin of species". Its chapters vary in format between general introductory and state-of-the-art research texts in biomathematics, in this way addressing both students and researchers in mathematics, biology and related fields. Mathematicians looking for new problems as well as biologists looking for rigorous description of population dynamics will find this book fundamental
Analysis wiskunde
mathematics
populatiegenetica
population genetics
populatiedynamica
population dynamics
toegepaste wiskunde
applied mathematics
mathematische biologie
mathematical biology
Mathematics (General)
Wiskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Biomathematics.
Biomathematics
Form Electronic book
Author Chalub, Fabio A. C. C
Rodrigues, José-Francisco
ISBN 9783034801225
303480122X
9783034801218
3034801211