The Department of Mathematics in cooperation with the Continuing Education Unit held a lecture entitled “Mathematics and its Applications in the Environment” in the presence of a number of students and those concerned with the disciplines of environment, mathematics, agriculture and veterinary medicine. The lecture aimed to identify the important role played by mathematics in all areas of life, including engineering, biology and economics, while explaining some of the mathematical models used in the food chains of biological communities.
The lecture was presented by the Assist. Prof. Dr. Hassan Fadel Ridha and the Assist. Prof. Dr. Sadiq Naji Nasser who studied the impact of both harvesting and disease on the stability of the mathematical system, by addressing the Beverton–Holt and Ricker models as well as the Usher models used to describe the behavior of some aggregations such as those witnessed in forests and many types of biological organisms, for the purpose of obtaining the best possible ecological balance, or for the purpose of preserving them from the extinction risk by giving various illustrative mathematical examples.
