Biomathematics I: Biological Waves and Oscillations. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: MATH 222 , MATH 331 , and MATH 337 , or departmental approval. Models of wave propagation and oscillatory phenomena in nerve, muscle, and arteries: Hodgkin-Huxley theory of nerve conduction, synchronization of the cardiac pacemaker, conduction and rhythm abnormalities of the heart, excitation-contraction coupling, and calcium induced waves, wave propagation in elastic arteries, models of periodic human locomotion.