Equilibrium theory in 2D Riemann manifold for heterogeneous biomembranes with arbitrary variational modes

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-132

  Yin, Yajun ^a   Yin, Jie ^a   Lv, Cunjing ^a  

^a FML   (China)

Author keywords

Arbitrary variational mode; Differential operators; Equilibrium differential equations; Geometrically constraint equation; Heterogeneous biomembranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349070703     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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