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Stationary and oscillatory spatial patterns induced by global periodic switching

J Buceta1, Katja Lindenberg, J M R Parrondo

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|January 22, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study reveals a novel mechanism for pattern formation. Rapidly alternating two patternless dynamics can induce stable spatial or oscillatory patterns, depending on switching speed.

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