Abstract
We describe the enlightening path of self-discovery afforded to the teacher of undergraduate mathematics. This is demonstrated as we find and develop background material on an application of optimal control theory to model the evolutionary strategy of an insect colony to produce the maximum number of queen or reproducer insects in the colony at the end of a season.
Notes
1Note that the students are expected to make use of technology, in our case Mathematica, and have ample practice in its application to problems in our course.