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Nonlinear oscillation in a closed chemical reaction system

By tian.5
Created Oct 30 2009 - 11:43am
Nov 5 2009 - 2:30pm
Nov 5 2009 - 3:30pm
Yongfeng Li
IMA
EA 295
In this talk, we will discuss the nonlinear oscillatory
chemical dynamics in a closed isothermal reaction system: a reversible
Lotka-Volterra model. This is a 3D dissipative, singular perturbation of a
conserved Lotka-Volterra model, with free energy serving as the global
Lyapunov function. We will show that while the reaction eventually reaches
the chemical equilibrium, quasi-stationary oscillations occurs as
interesting intermediate dynamics. Moreover, there is a natural
distinction between oscillatory and non-oscillatory regions in the phase
space.



Source URL:
http://www.math.osu.edu/node/39149