title: A dynamical systems approach to spiral wave dynamics.
abstract: A simple system of five nonlinear ordinary differential equations is shown to reproduce many dynamical features of spiral waves in two-dimensional excitable media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46 Allee d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, FranceDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544.
authors.forename: Dwight
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barkley
authors.forename: Ioannis G.
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Kevrekidis