Reaction-diffusion models of threshold and waveblock in heterogeneous excitable media

DOI10.1016/j.amc.2011.12.092zbMath1254.65097MaRDI QIDQ434683

John G. Alford

Publication date: 16 July 2012

Published in: Applied Mathematics and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2011.12.092

zbMATH Keywords

stability; numerical example; reaction-diffusion equation; heterogeneous excitable media; waveblock

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35K57: Reaction-diffusion equations

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M20: Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

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