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Mathematical biology has grown over the past 50 years from a niche subject, pursued by a small number of visionary pioneers, to a core sub-discipline of mathematics that is becoming increasingly inter- and intra-disciplinary, and playing a key role in many areas within ecology, epidemiology and the life and medical sciences. This brief review outlines where I think the field is going.
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Maini, P.K. (2023). Mathematical Biology: Looking Back and Going Forward. In: Morel, JM., Teissier, B. (eds) Mathematics Going Forward . Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2313. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12244-6_28
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