Discrete and continuous ratchets: From coin toss to molecular motor

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-167

  Heath, David ^a   Kinderlehrer, David ^a   Kowalczyk, Michał ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian Motor; Diffusion mediated transport; Parrondo Paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042471846     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2002.2.153     Document Type: Article

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