ISSN:
1432-1416
Keywords:
Frequency entrainment
;
Asymptotic methods
;
Van der Pol equation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Summary This paper discusses the analogy between phenomena in populations of coupled biological oscillators and the behaviour of systems of synchronized mathematical oscillators. Frequency entrainment in a set of coupled relaxation oscillators is investigated with perturbation methods. This analysis leads to quantitative results for entrainment and explains phenomena such as travelling waves in systems of spatially distributed oscillators.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00276928
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