A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the
Witwatersrand, in requirement for the degree Master of Science, January 2017. / This dissertation contains evolutionary partial differential equations (PDEs). The PDEs are used to investigate ecological phenomena. The main goal is to determine Lie point symmetries, perform Lie reduction, obtain analytical solutions and visualize the solutions in 3D plots using the help of Mathematica. Drift diffusion, biased diffusion and the Kierstead, Slobodkin and Skellam (KiSS) models arising in population ecology are discussed. The importance of these PDEs in ecology is to analyse the movements of organisms and their long-term existence especially in heterogeneous environments. / XL2018
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/23609 |
Date | January 2017 |
Creators | Mathebula, Agreement |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis |
Format | Online resource (47 leaves), application/pdf |
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