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368 INDEX<br />

with(plots), 7,59<br />

with(plottools, 138<br />

Mathieu equation, 143<br />

Mathieu functions, 142<br />

Mathieu, Emile, 142<br />

MathieuC, 143<br />

MathieuS, 143<br />

matrix, 85<br />

band, 276<br />

multiplication, 276<br />

square, 276<br />

tridiagonal, 276<br />

May, Robert, 149<br />

mean daily temperature, 209<br />

measles, 353<br />

membrane<br />

circular, 254<br />

free edges, 253<br />

rectangular, 251<br />

square, 253<br />

mesh<br />

diamond-shaped, 312<br />

point, 274<br />

rectangular, 275<br />

method of characteristics, 312<br />

Michaelis{Menton equation, 161<br />

microbiology, 152<br />

Mike, 23<br />

mirage, 190<br />

model<br />

KdV soliton, 300<br />

modi¯ed Euler algorithm, 96<br />

modi¯ed KdV equation, 303<br />

Mona Lisa, 58<br />

multiplication factor, 236<br />

musical notes, 257<br />

myxamatosis, 160<br />

National Bureau of Standards, 131<br />

negative damping, 29<br />

neutron density, 236<br />

neutron di®usion, 236<br />

Newton's drag law, 161<br />

Newton's second law, 59, 115<br />

nodal lines, 256<br />

nodal point, 16<br />

nonlinear diode, 159<br />

nonlinear drag, 164<br />

nonlinear rate equations, 41<br />

nonlinear SchrÄodinger equation, 287<br />

nonlinear spring, 72<br />

normal modes, 257, 259<br />

Noyes, R. M., 40<br />

nuclear explosion, 240<br />

nuclear ¯ssion, 236<br />

numerical instability, 96, 277<br />

numerical mesh, 274<br />

Nyquist frequency, 330<br />

Nyquist, H., 330<br />

ODE<br />

nth-order, 110<br />

Airy, 23<br />

analytic solution, 22<br />

arms race, 105<br />

autonomous, 13<br />

baleen whale, 95<br />

Bernoulli, 155<br />

Bertalan®y, 161<br />

Bessel, 131<br />

blood pressure model, 110<br />

blue whale, 160<br />

brachistochrone, 190<br />

bungee cord, 138<br />

catenary, 194<br />

chemical oscillator, 44<br />

chemical reaction, 100<br />

competing armies, 57<br />

con°uent hypergeometric, 23<br />

dimensionless, 30<br />

dot notation, 13<br />

Du±ng, 149, 320<br />

eardrum, 168<br />

Euler algorithm, 92<br />

Euler{Lagrange, 185<br />

falling basketball, 152<br />

falling raindrop, 120<br />

¯nite di®erence approximation,<br />

89<br />

¯rst integral, 116

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