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On the Higgins model of glycolysis

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A study was made of Higgins’ model of glycolysis incorporating molecular diffusion of intermediates, utilizing an earlier conjecture due to Landau. Conditions for the existence of asymptotically stable spatio-temporal periodic solutions are obtained.

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  1. Department of Physics, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, 110007, Delhi, India

    S. C. Bhargava

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Bhargava, S.C. On the Higgins model of glycolysis. Bltn Mathcal Biology 42, 829–836 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461061

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