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

DOI10.1137/0727054zbMath0707.92006MaRDI 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 uniqueness; backward Euler method; electrical activity; nonlinear difference equations; nerve conduction; functional iteration algorithm; giant axon; squid Loligo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

35K60: Nonlinear initial, boundary and initial-boundary value problems for linear parabolic equations

92C20: Neural biology

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

92C05: Biophysics

65N06: Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

92-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to biology

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