Spiral wave dynamics under full Euclidean symmetry-breaking: A dynamical system approach

Spirals are common in Nature: the snail's shell and the ordering of seeds in the sunflower are amongst the most widely-known occurrences. While these are static, dynamic spirals can also be observed in excitable systems such as heart tissue, retina, certain chemical reactions, slime mold aggreg...

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Main Author: Boily, Patrick
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/29341
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-19704