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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About the Author

Raina Robeva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia and has led multiple NSF-funded curriculum development projects at the interface of mathematics and biology. She is the lead author of the textbook An Invitation to Biomathematics (2008) and the lead editor of the volume Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models (2013), both published by Academic Press. Robeva is the founding Chief Editor of the research journal Frontiers in Systems Biology. She is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Sweet Briar College and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

From the Back Cover

Inspired by the national initiative toward a “new biology,” this work 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.

Key Features

• 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.

Raina Robeva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Virginia and has led multiple NSF-funded curriculum development projects at the interface of mathematics and biology. She is the lead author of the textbook An Invitation to Biomathematics (2008) and the lead editor of the volume Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models (2013), both published by Academic Press. Robeva is the founding Chief Editor of the research journal Frontiers in Systems Biology. She is a professor of Mathematical Sciences at Sweet Briar College and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Edition details

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