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The structure of the quiescent core in rigidly rotating spirals in a class of excitable systems

We consider a class of excitable system whose dynamics is de- scribed by Fitzhugh-Nagumo (FN) equations. We provide a description for rigidly rotating spirals based on the fact that one of the unknowns develops abrupt jumps in some regions of the space. The core of the spiral is delim- ited by these regions. The description of the spiral is made using a mixture of asymptotic and rigorous arguments. Several open problems whose rigorous solution would provide insight in the problem are formulated.

The authors were supported by the Catalan and Spanish Government grants 2009SGR345, MTM2008-06349-C03-01, MTM2011-27739-C04-03, MTM2008-03255 and MTM2010-16467

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Author: Aguareles Carrero, Maria
Fontelos, Marco A.
Velázquez, Juan J.
Abstract: We consider a class of excitable system whose dynamics is de- scribed by Fitzhugh-Nagumo (FN) equations. We provide a description for rigidly rotating spirals based on the fact that one of the unknowns develops abrupt jumps in some regions of the space. The core of the spiral is delim- ited by these regions. The description of the spiral is made using a mixture of asymptotic and rigorous arguments. Several open problems whose rigorous solution would provide insight in the problem are formulated.
The authors were supported by the Catalan and Spanish Government grants 2009SGR345, MTM2008-06349-C03-01, MTM2011-27739-C04-03, MTM2008-03255 and MTM2010-16467
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/296491
Language: eng
Publisher: American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Rights: Tots els drets reservats
Subject: Equacions de reacció-difusió
Reaction-diffusion equations
Equacions diferencials parabòliques
Differential equations, Parabolic
Title: The structure of the quiescent core in rigidly rotating spirals in a class of excitable systems
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Repository: Recercat

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