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Model of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction

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The article describes results of the modified model of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction which resembles well the limit set observed in an experiment in the Petri dish. We discuss the concept of the ignition of circular waves and show that only an asymmetrical ignition leads to the formation of spiral structures. From the qualitative assumptions on the behavior of dynamic systems we conclude that the reactants in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction likely forms a regular grid.

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This work was financially supported by CENAKVA (No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0024), CENAKVA II (No. LO1205 under the NPU I program) and The CENAKVA Centre Development (No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/19.0380). Authors thank to Petr Jizba and Jaroslav Hlinka for important discussions and to Kaijia Tian for edits.

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Štys, D., Náhlík, T., Zhyrova, A., Rychtáriková, R., Papáček, Š., Císař , P. (2016). Model of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction. In: Kozubek, T., Blaheta, R., Šístek, J., Rozložník, M., Čermák, M. (eds) High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering. HPCSE 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9611. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40361-8_13

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