#diffeq

[stemgirlchic]

im the coolest person in the world [i solved one (1) differential equation]

[jovine]

if someone can show me how to do this I will literally give you 3 dollars thats all I have in my checking rn

[more-mathematics-mor-lam]

Sometimes a family is one parameter

[kilobran]

So these is the demons he was talking about

[jadagul]

For some reason, a lot of people have gotten really interested in epidemiology lately. Myself included. Now, I'm not an epidemiologist. I don't study infectious diseases. But I do know a little about how mathematical models work, so I wanted to explain how one of the common, simple epidemiological models works. This model isn't anywhere near good enough to make concrete predictions about what's going to happen. But it _can_ give some basic intuition about how epidemics progress, and provide some context for what the experts are saying.

I have a new post at the blog! I explain the SIR model, which is one of the basic differential equation models that try to explain epidemics. There are also some cute pictures, and a code widget that lets you play around with the model predictions.

[stemgirlchic]

differential equations are not my friend

[more-mathematics-mor-lam]

The Laplace transform is to badly behaved functions as baby jail is to badly behaved cats

[more-mathematics-mor-lam]

My diff eq text book is firing shots