Stability conditions for the traveling pulse: Modifying the restitution hypothesis

Chaos

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 788-799

  Cytrynbaum, Eric ^a   Keener, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0036710122     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1503941     Document Type: Article

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