Mathematics is playing an ever more importantrole in the physicaland biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplinesand a resurgenceof interest in the modem as well as the classical techniquesof applied mathematics.This renewalof interest,both in researchand teaching,has led to the establishment of the series: Texts in Applied Mathematics (TAM).The developmentof new coursesis a natural consequenceof a high level of excitementon the researchfrontieras newertechniques, such as numericaland symbolic computersystems,dynamicalsystems,and chaos,mix with and reinforcethe traditionalmethodsof appliedmathematics.Thus, the purposeof this textbookseries is to meet the currentand futureneeds of these advancesand encouragethe teaching of new courses.TAM will publish textbookssuitablefor use in advancedundergraduate and beginning graduate courses, and will complement the Applied Mathematical Seiences (AMS) series, which will focus on advanced textbooks and research level monographs.
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Ogunnaike et al. (1999) studied this question.