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Perturbation analysis of an approximation to the Hodgkin-Huxley theory


Authors: Richard G. Casten, Hirsh Cohen and Paco A. Lagerstrom
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 32 (1975), 365-402
MSC: Primary 35B99; Secondary 92A05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/445095
MathSciNet review: 445095
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