Formation of square lattices in coupled pattern-forming systems

Autor: Christopher Strickland, Daniel A. Pearson, Patrick D. Shipman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Biomath, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1314-684X
1314-7218
DOI: 10.11145/j.biomath.2016.12.181
Popis: A wide variety of natural and labo-ratory systems can produce patterns of ripples, hexagons, or squares. The formation of stable square patterns from partial differential equation models requires specific cubic nonlinearities involving higher-order derivatives. Motivated by plant phyllotaxis, we demonstrate that the coupling of more than one pattern-forming system can produce square patterns without these special nonlinearities.
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