Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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: youtube.com/watch?v=Fa28ifA7H9o and previous videos on Nonlinear Dynamics, though the latter are more relevant in part 2: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdgVBOaXkb9C8iPDD5xW0jT-c3dtP4TR5

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