Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology - Hardcover

Raina Stefanova Robeva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128012137 ISBN 13: 9780128012130

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Inspired by the national initiative toward a 'new biology,' Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology offers a collection of modules introducing methods from modern discrete mathematics into the undergraduate math and biology curricula. Each module begins with a question from contemporary biology, followed by the description of mathematical methods and theory appropriate for the search of answers. Projects and exercises embedded in the text utilize freely-accessible or widely-available software for visualization, simulation, and analysis used in modern biology research. This book is appropriate for mathematics courses such as finite mathematics, discrete structures, linear algebra, abstract/modern algebra, graph theory, probability, bioinformatics, statistics, biostatistics, and modeling, as well as for biology courses such as genetics, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, ecology, and evolution. The companion website includes solutions to all exercises and additional materials including tutorials, projects, data sets, and computer code. * Examines significant questions in modern biology and their mathematical treatments* Presents important concepts and methods from discrete mathematics in the context of essential biology* Features material appropriate for both mathematics and biology courses* Presents chapters in modular format so coverage does not need to follow the Table of Contents* Introduces projects appropriate for undergraduate research * Requires no calculus as a prerequisite

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Review:

"...makes an important contribution to mathematical biology education. It brings to the reader important biological problems and novel mathematical approaches that are mostly not discussed in other undergraduate texts on the subject." --Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

"The book will serve as an excellent resource for instructors in the overlap between biology, mathematics, and computing who are looking for interesting and well-worked-out examples that apply algebra to modern biological questions." --The Quarterly Review of Biology

"This is an excellent book which would be suitable as a textbook...I therefore strongly recommend it, over other classic texts, for use in teaching Discrete Mathematics." --MAA.org

Review:

A complementary volume to Raina Robeva’s book Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models, enhancing our growing portfolio in the emerging area of mathematical biology

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128012137
• ISBN 13: 9780128012130
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 452
• Editor: Raina Stefanova Robeva