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Page 3 model: When zombies attack

Chalkdust

24 March 2015

Zombies

Run? Kill? Ask nicely? (Source: flickr.com/joelf)

Every issue we feature another great model on page 3 of our magazine. This issue it’s this:

\begin{align*}
S’ &= \Pi – \beta S Z – \delta S,\\
Z’ &= \beta S Z + \zeta R – \alpha S Z ,\\
R’ &= \delta S + \alpha S Z – \zeta R.
\end{align*} Continue reading →

Posted in Page 3 model | Tagged fun, issue-01-fun, models, zombies

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