Zombies: a simple discrete model of the apocalypse

ABSTRACT

A simple discrete-time two-dimensional dynamical system is constructed and analyzed numerically, with modelling motivations drawn from the zombie virus of popular horror fiction, and with suggestions for further exercises or extensions suitable for an introductory undergraduate course.

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KEYWORDS:

• Mathematical modelling
• Lyapunov exponents
• bifurcation analysis
• numerical investigation

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Dr Mark McCartney for his advice in preparing this manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The author is funded by a grant from the Department for the Economy (https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/), formerly the Department for Employment and Learning.