Self-similar solutions for the kinematic model equation of spiral waves

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 197-211

  Guo, Jong Shenq ^a   Ishimura, Naoyuki ^b   Wu, Chin Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excitable media; Interface dynamics; Kinematic model; Self similar solutions; Spiral waves

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

EXCITABLE MEDIA; INTERFACE DYNAMICS; KINEMATIC MODEL; SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS; SPIRAL WAVES;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 9544252169     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.08.028     Document Type: Article

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