The Mathematics of Darwin's Legacy

By Fabio Chalub

Book Overview

Preface.- What Changes Has Mathematics Made to the Darwinian Theory? by W.J. Ewens.- The Mathematics of Darwin's Theory of Evolution: 1859 and 150 Years Later by P. Schuster.- Some Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Genetics by R. B?rger.- Extinction, Persistence, and Evolution by P. Jagers.- Group Theory in Homogeneous Populations (Rescuing Darwin from the mud) by P. Taylor.- Evolutionary Dynamics of Collective Action by J.M. Pacheco, F.C. Santos, M.O. Souza and B. Skyrms.- On Kin and Group Selection, and the Haystack Model by V.A.A. Jansen.- Population Formulation of Adaptative Meso-evolution: Theory and Numerics by S. Mirrahimi, B. Perthame, E. Bouin and P. Millien.- Random Modeling of Adaptive Dynamics and Evolutionary Branching by S. M?l?ard.- Thoughts on the Geometry of Meso-evolution: Collecting Mathematical Elements for a Postmodern Synthesis by J.A.J. (Hans) Metz.- When Do Optimisation Arguments Make Evolutionary Sense? by M. Gyllenberg, J.A.J. (Hans) Metz and R. Service.- Bibliography.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034803346
• ISBN13: 9783034803342
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"