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MSC MATH(4TH SEMESTER)
TOPICS IN MATHEMATICAL MODELING | KA.KIT TUNG
PUBLISHED: 11/05/2007

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Introduction:
Title: Topics in Mathematical Modeling

Author: KA.KIT TUNG

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street,

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

ISBN: 9780691116426, 0-691-11642-3

Length: 336 pages

Weight: 680 g

Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 23 mm

Edition: illustrated

Subjects: Mathematics Applied Mathematics / Applied

DESCRIPTION:
Topics in Mathematical Modeling is an introductory textbook on
mathematical modeling. The book teaches how simple mathematics
can help formulate and solve real problems of current research
interest in a wide range of fields, including biology, ecology,
computer science, geophysics, engineering, and the social sciences.
Yet the prerequisites are minimal: calculus and elementary
differential equations. Among the many topics addressed are HIV;
plant phyllotaxis ; global warming; the World Wide Web; plant and
animal vascular networks; social networks; chaos and fractals;
marriage and divorce; and El Niño. Traditional modeling topics
such as predator-prey interaction, harvesting, and wars of attrition
are also included. Most chapters begin with the history of a
problem, follow with a demonstration of how it can be modeled
using various mathematical tools, and close with a discussion of its
remaining unsolved aspects.

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Articles:
 Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Ratio, and Laws of Nature.
 Scaling Laws of Life, the Internet, and Social Networks.
 Modeling Change One Step at a Time.
 Differential Equation Models: Carbon Dating, Age of the
Universe, HIV Modeling.
 Modeling in the Physical Sciences, Kepler, Newton, and
Calculus.
 Nonlinear Population Models: An Introduction to Qualitative
Analysis Using Phase Planes.
 Discrete Time Logistic Map, Periodic and Chaotic Solutions.
 Snowball Earth and Global Warming.
 Interactions: Predator–Prey, Spraying of Pests
 Marriage and Divorce, Carnivores in Australia
 Chaos in Deterministic Continuous Systems, Poincare and
Lorenz.

Author:
Ka-Kit Tung
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Adjunct Professor in Atmospheric Science
Address: University of Washington
Department of Applied Mathematics
Box 352420
Seattle, WA 98195-2420
USA
Phone: 206-685-3794
Fax: 206-685-1440
Office: 317 Lewis Hall
E-mail: tung@amath.washington.edu

Professor Tung received his baccalaureate and master's degrees at the

California Institute of Technology, both in 1972, in the field of
Aeronautical Engineering. He earned his doctorate degree in Applied

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Mathematics at Harvard University in 1977, where he also stayed on for
two more years as a postdoc before moving on to MIT, first as an
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and then as an Associate
Professor. He became a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1985.

Professor Tung joined the Department as Professor of Applied

Mathematics in late 1988 and became Department Chair in August 1993,
a position he held until July 2007. He is the Chief Editor of Journal of
Atmospheric Sciences, a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Publications:
 X. Chen and K. K. Tung, 2018. "Global surface warming
enhanced by weak Atlantic overturning circulation," Nature,
559, 387-391.
 K.-F. Li, Q. Zhang, K. K. Tung and Y.L. Yung, 2016: "Resolving
a long-standing model-observation discrepancy on ozone
solar cycle response", Earth and Space Physics, 3, 431-440
 Li, K.-F., and K.K. Tung, 2014: "Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and
solar cycle influences on winter Arctic total ozone", J.
Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 5823-5835
 L. Kuai, R.-L. Shia, X. Jiang, K. K. Tung, Y. L. Yung; 2009:
"Modulation of the Period of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by
the Solar Cycle" Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2418-
2428

Conclussion:
This beautifully produced book should provide a joyful and
stimulating reading experience for any layman who is curious
about real-life events in the context of mathematical modelling, and
it provides an excellent entry point to more advanced areas such
as mathematical biology or climate modelling.
What do global warming, predator-prey interactions, and the World
Wide Web have in common? All of these disparate phenomena
can be modeled using mathematics.

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Tung's preface shows that he is a dyed-in-the-wool teacher of
considerable talent whose only mission is to show the student how
to take raw empirical data and turn it into a mathematical paradigm
that can be analyzed. His prerequisites are solid but minimal:
calculus and a smattering of ordinary differential equations
(ODEs). He is wise to provide an appendix with a quick treatment
of ODEs for those whose background is deficient. Tung also
describes in the preface a clear path for those who wish to avoid
the differential equations altogether. Tung covers some of the
usual modeling topics but also many others that are surprising and
refreshing.

References:
 https://amath.washington.edu/people/ka-kit-tung
 https://amath.washington.edu/printpdf/people/ka-kit-tung
 http://depts.washington.edu/amath/faculty/tung/publications.shtml
 http://depts.washington.edu/amath/faculty/tung/research.shtml
 https://www.washington.edu/
 http://depts.washington.edu/amath/faculty/tung/
 file:///C:/Users/ArmGhan%20BaiG/Desktop/Online%20MSC/Modeling%20&%
20Simulation/department_of_applied_mathematics_-_ka-kit_tung.pdf

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