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Modeling the Synchronization of the Movement of Bacillaria paxillifer by a Kuramoto Model with Time Delay

Chapter 8 in the book* 'The Mathematical Biology of Diatoms’

Supplement to '8.5.2 Analyses and Approximations', p. 212

Author: Thomas Harbich

 

Typical symmetrical movement of a colony

An example of the described motion sequence is shown in time-lapse (time-lapse factor 4x). There is a resting position of the entire colony after every half period. The movement from this rest position starts from the ends.

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* The Mathematical Biology of Diatoms [DMTH, Volume in the series: Diatoms: Biology & Applications, series editors: Richard Gordon & Joseph Seckbach]. J.L. Pappas and R. Gordon, (eds.) Wiley-Scrivener, Beverly, MA, USA: in preparation.