A topical video on the development and simplification of a typical mathematical model for an epidemic: the SIR model. Part 1 of 2.

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Prerequisites: Knowing about nondimensionalization:    • Introduction to Nondimensionalization   and previous videos on Nonlinear Dynamics, though the latter are more relevant in part 2:    • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos  

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