What is Alfred J. Lotka?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Alfred J. Lotka | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|03|02|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lwów]], Austria-Hungary<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] --> (now Lviv, Ukraine) | death_date = {{death date and age|1949|12|5|1880|03|02|df=y}} | death_place = [[Red Bank, New Jersey]], U.S. | nationality = American | field = [[Mathematics]] | known_for = The [[Lotka–Volterra equations]] }} Alfred James Lotka (2nd Mrch 1880-5th December 1949) was an Austrian-American chemist and mathematician. Today, he is seen as one of the founders of mathematical [[demography]]. Lotka parents were American. Lotka studied [[chemistry]] in Lemberg (today called Lvov, Ukraine). Today, he is known as one of the author of the [[predator-prey equations]]. Today, these equations are still used for many models of [[population dynamics]] in [[ecology]]. [[Category:American statisticians]] [[Category:1880 births]] [[Category:1949 deaths]] [[Category:American chemists]] [[Category:Cornell University alumni]] [[Category:American biophysicists]]