The eikonal approximation to excitable reaction-diffusion systems: Travelling non-planar wave fronts on the plane

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 329-345

  Mulholland, Anthony J ^a   Gomatam, Jagannathan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000831856     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(95)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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