Existence and uniqueness of solutions to a mathematical model of the urine concentrating mechanism

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(87)90092-7zbMath0617.92006MaRDI QIDQ1088940

Harold E. Layton

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(87)90092-7

zbMATH Keywords

contraction mapping principle; existence and uniqueness of solutions; Michaelis-Menten kinetics; Henle's loops; first-order kinetics; Schauder principle; active transport of NaCl; kidney function; mammalian urine concentrating mechanism; reabsorption kinetics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

45J05: Integro-ordinary differential equations

76Z05: Physiological flows

45E99: Singular integral equations

44A99: Integral transforms, operational calculus

92Cxx: Physiological, cellular and medical topics

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