Information Geometry and Population Genetics

J. Jost: Studies of mathematics, physics, economics and philosophy; PhD and habilitation in mathematics (University of Bonn); professor for mathematics at Ruhr-University Bonn; since 1996 director at the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, and honorary professor at the University of Leipzig; external faculty member of the Santa Fe InstituteJ. Hofrichter: Studies of mathematics and physics in Heidelberg, Granada and Muenster/Westph., diploma in mathematics; graduate studies in mathematics in Leipzig, PhD 2014; postdoctoral researcher at the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, LeipzigT. D. Tran: Studies of mathematics in Hanoi (Vietnam), bachelor and master degree in mathematics; graduate studies in mathematics in Leipzig, PhD 2012; postdoctoral researcher at the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Wright–Fisher model.- 3. Geometric structures and information geometry.- 4. Continuous approximations.- 5. Recombination.- 6. Moment generating and free energy functionals.- 7. Large deviation theory.-  8. The forward equation.- 9. The backward equation.- 10.Applications.- Appendix.- A. Hypergeometric functions and their generalizations.- Bibliography.

“Information Geometry and Population Genetics masterfully explores the stochastic dynamics of the progressive distribution of alleles over generations through a geometric perspective on the traditional Wright-Fisher model. … The present book is a useful piece of literature for applied biologists with a fair understanding of calculus, who are looking toward the exploration of new dimensions in research on genetic evolution.” (Ranjita Pandey, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 45 (1-2), 2018)