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On 11/9/2020 at 10:08 AM, delboy said:

The book Evolution by Futuyma deals with a lot of the maths of evolution, but it's pretty advanced. Maybe I should say very advanced actually.

That's good. Thank you. I'll see if I can manage it. 

3 hours ago, Arete said:

From a conceptual level, an understanding of basic neutral theory is also a good place to start. If you can wrap your brain around the concepts of how stochastic changes occur at the molecular level in populations, it becomes easier to layer on selective evolution, game theory and other increasingly complex models of evolution. 

The seminal paper is Kimura 1968. http://dosequis.colorado.edu/Courses/MethodsLogic/papers/Kimura1968.pdf but this review is probably more accessible. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evo.13650

That's interesting. Thank you for the links. 

4 hours ago, studiot said:

Since you have given us no idea of the level of you understanding of Mathematics

Probably the best place to start would be the so called predator - prey equations, which can include chaotic solutions.

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lotka-VolterraEquations.html

Thank you for that. That is interesting. I was trying to convey that my math skills are minimal. I am great with concepts and geometry, but the rest of math baffles me. To be honest, I am not sure what I am looking for, but that "predator-prey" info is great! Thanks again. 

1 hour ago, joigus said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJcsL7vyrk

But you haven't said what your level of maths is. Maybe you can tackle a book technical enough.

 

My math skills are minimal. But that video is good. I'll watch it later. Thanks for your help. My math is so bad that I am not sure what I am looking for but that link is a good start.

I am doing some research for a book and I have run into the wall of my own capabilities. If there is such a thing, what would the mathematics of evolution look like? How would it work? What parts of evolution are visible or could be made visible through mathematics? Can it be described to someone who is not a mathematician?