Any organism, to survive, must use a variety of defense mechanisms. A relatively recent evolutionary development is that of the adaptive immune system, carried to a quite sophisticated level by mammals. The complexity of this system calls for its encapsulation by mathematical models, and this book aims at the associated description and analysis. In the process, it introduces tools that should be in the armory of any current or aspiring applied mathematician, in the context of, arguably, the most effective system nature has devised to protect an organism from its manifold invisible enemies.

About the Author
Jerome K. Percus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY, USA and Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY, USA


Book Information
ISBN 9780821875568
Author Jerome K. Percus
Format Paperback
Page Count 111
Imprint American Mathematical Society
Publisher American Mathematical Society
Weight(grams) 230g