A Geometrical Theory for Spiral Waves in Excitable Media

DOI10.1137/0146062zbMath0655.35046OpenAlexW1963936865MaRDI QIDQ3801967

Publication date: 1986

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0146062

zbMATH Keywords

waves singular perturbation dispersion spiral geometrical theory approximate theory planar regions effect of curvature geometrical diffraction excitable reacting media rotating spiral patterns traveling plane wave trains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Second-order parabolic equations (35K10) Second-order parabolic systems (35K40) Geometric optics (78A05) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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