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ERIC Number: EJ720430
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-8639
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Using Mathematics to Bridge the Gap between Biology and Computer Science
Hammerman, Natalie; Tolvo, Anthony; Goldberg, Robert
Mathematics and Computer Education, v38 n3 p271-290 Fall 2004
The rapid rate of expansion of the disciplines of biotechnology, genomics, and bioinformatics emphasizes the increased interdependency between computer science and biology, with mathematics serving as the bridge between these disciplines. This paper demonstrates this inter-relationship within the context of a computational model for a biological process. We designed and implemented a lesson plan for an interdisciplinary science course that examines the evolutionary process from biological, mathematical, and computer science perspectives. The observations obtained from this lesson can be used to augment studies in mathematics with emphasis on arithmetic functions, probability, and generating series.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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