Accumulations of T-points in a model for solitary pulses in an excitable reaction-diffusion medium

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 212-229

  Homburg, Ale Jan ^a   Natiello, Mario A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Global bifurcation theory; Surface catalysis

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CATALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SET THEORY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL BIFURCATION THEORY; REACTION-DIFFUSION MEDIUM; SOLITARY PULSES; SURFACE CATALYSIS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 14044267496     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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