The Backward Euler Method for Numerical Solution of the Hodgkin–Huxley Equations of Nerve Conduction

DOI10.1137/0727054zbMath0707.92006OpenAlexW1985378448MaRDI QIDQ3489822

Michael Mascagni

Publication date: 1990

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0727054

zbMATH Keywords

existence and uniquenessbackward Euler methodelectrical activitynonlinear difference equationsnerve conductionfunctional iteration algorithmgiant axonsquid Loligo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Nonlinear initial, boundary and initial-boundary value problems for linear parabolic equations (35K60) Neural biology (92C20) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Biophysics (92C05) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Computational methods for problems pertaining to biology (92-08)

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