Mathematics & Covid19

Updated: March 15, 2020 @ 2 pm PST

Instructor Dr. Jorge Basilio (gbasilio@ucla.edu)

Information

First, here's some quick access to some important information:

Glendale Community College: Info & Updates
Pasadena City College: Info & Updates
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: What you need to know
United States Government: Reponse to Coronavirus & Updates

Mathematics & Coronavirus

Sal from Kahn Academy

Using conservative estimates from real data, Sal from Kahn Academy explains how one can estimate the actual number of Covid19 cases.

Grant from 3Blue1Brown

A lesson on exponential and logarithmic growth. Uses ideas from Calculus II (derivatives, concavity). I cannot think of a better way to motivate the important of calculus than to see it at work to help humanity understand a pandemic.

Washington Post Article

Aricle: click here. This wonderful article shows with animated simulations how diseases spread. Amazing! The above image is a screenshot of one of the simulations.

Live Global Statistics

A very detailed list of information

Go here: website with a lot of information There's tons of stuff in the link above:

Links to online courses
Links to research articles
Links to videos, and more