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The purpose of this note is twofold: (i) to illustrate the use of difference equations in pharmacokinetics, and (ii) to provide an example of mathematical modeling of a medical problem suitable for undergraduate mathematics. One often switches from differential equations to difference equations because many of the problems encountered can only be solved numerically (Teo, et al, [10]) or because the discrete time differences, △t, are such as to allow more reasonable assessment of the parameters through finite mathematics (Ollerton and Shannon, [4]).
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Shannon, A.G., Ollerton, R.L., Owens, D.R. (1993). A Cholesky Decomposition in Matching Insulin Profiles. In: Bergum, G.E., Philippou, A.N., Horadam, A.F. (eds) Applications of Fibonacci Numbers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2058-6_50
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