Kinematical theory of spiral waves in excitable media: comparison with numerical simulations

Abstract The kinematical theory of spiral waves is compared with the data of numerical simulations using complete partial differential equations of a reaction-diffusion model. We find good agreement for temporal periods of spiral waves which rotate around minimal holes and in the free medium. No adjustable parameters were used in the calculations.

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