Fall 1992

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Two-Compartment Pharmacokinetic Models
By Edward Spitznagel

Pharmacokinetics is the study of the movement of drugs through the human system, from their introduction by ingestion, injection, or other means, to elimination through excretion or metabolism. It makes heavy use of compartment models as found in many differential equations textbooks. Since almost all students take medications from time to time, pharmacokinetics models are something they can easily relate to.

Teaching ODEs With Computer Experiments
By Robert Borrelli

Report from a 5-day workshop at Harvey Mudd College (June 16-20, 1992) on teaching ODEs with computer experiments.

Teaching ODEs With Computer Experiments
By Anne Noonburg

Report from a workshop at Cornell University (May 28-June 3, 1992) on teaching ODEs with computer experiments.

Using a Computer Lab to Teach ODEs at UoP
By Roland di Franco

The Mathematics Department of the University of the Pacific received an Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant (ILI) from the National Science Foundation in 1988, to construct a computer laboratory for teaching calculus using interactive computer graphics. Since its construction, the laboratory has also been used to introduce computer graphics in the beginning ODE course. This report briefly describes the hardware and software configuration of the lab, and how the laboratory has been used to introduce computer graphics in a beginning ODE course.

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The Savvy Solver
By Larry Shampine

The first in a series of articles on various implementations of numerical methods for solving ODEs and their difficulties.

Review of MDEP
By David Canright

Review of MDEP (Midshipman Differential Equations Program), which was developed by Jim Buchanan of the U.S. Naval Academy as a visualization and calculational tool for teaching ODEs.

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