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General Systems of Differential Equations

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In this chapter, we develop a theory for a system of differential equations that will be used to study models with many species.

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Chou, CS., Friedman, A. (2016). General Systems of Differential Equations. In: Introduction to Mathematical Biology. Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29638-8_7

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