Solving Ordinary Differential Equations in Python

Joakim Sundnes is Chief Research Scientist at Simula Research Laboratory and teaches undergraduate programming at the University of Oslo. His research interests are scientific computing and computational science, particularly related to biomechanics and computational physiology. Mathematical models in these fields are typically formulated as differential equations, and he has spent more than two decades developing and implementing solvers for these models. He is also responsible for the main introductory programming class for natural science students at the University of Oslo, which includes a thorough introduction to ordinary differential equations.

• Preface.- Programming a Simple ODE Solver.- Improving the Accuracy.- Stable Solvers for Stiff ODE Systems.- Adaptive Time Step Methods.- Modeling Infectious Diseases.- Programming of Difference Equations.- References.- Index.