A nonlocal eigenvalue problem for the stability of a traveling wave in a neuronal medium

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 925-940

  Rubin, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Integrodifferential equations; Neuronal dynamics; Nonlocal equations; Stability; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942668768     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2004.10.925     Document Type: Article

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