MATH35032: Mathematical Biology Coursework

Please write out answers to the following problems and hand them in, accompanied by a standard Cover Sheet, at the reception desk of the Alan Turing Building by 4:00 PM, Friday 20 March. 1 Modelling the spread of disease This coursework involves various models for the spread of an infectious disease. My treatment follows that in Chapter 6 of a recent book, Ellner and Guckenheimer (2006), but the modelling of epidemics is one of the best-studied parts of mathematical biology and so similar material appear