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Math Insight contributor James L. Cornette

James L. Cornette
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University Professor
Iowa State University
Web site: http://cornette.public.iastate.edu/CLS.html

James Cornette contributed material from his textbook Calculus for the Life Sciences: A Modeling Approach to Math Insight.

Pages by James L. Cornette

Approximating functions by quadratic polynomials, Developing an initial model to describe bacteria growth, Bacteria growth model exercise answers, Bacteria growth model exercises, Developing a logistic model to describe bacteria growth, A model of chemical pollution in a lake, Chemical pollution model exercises answers, Chemical pollution model exercises, Data modeling versus mathematical modeling, Doubling time and half-life of exponential growth and decay, Environmental carrying capacity, Discrete exponential growth and decay exercise answers, Discrete exponential growth and decay exercises, Harvest of natural populations, Harvest of natural populations exercise answers, Harvest of natural populations exercises, Constructing a mathematical model for penicillin clearance, Penicillin clearance model exercise answers, Penicillin clearance model exercises, More details on solving linear discrete dynamical systems

Images by James L. Cornette

Change in bacteria population density as a function of bacteria population density, Change in bacteria population density as a function of time, Bacteria population density as a function of time, Bacteria population density as a function of time, for a long time period, Comparing evolution of bacteria population density with a parabola model, Cricket chirps per minute as a function of temperature, Penicillin concentration versus time, Average temperature versus percent smooth leaf edge