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Sudden cardiac arrest and a problem in topology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Sidney A. Morris  and
Peter J. Nyikos
Sidney A. Morris
Affiliation:
The University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia.
Peter J. Nyikos
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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In the May 1983 issue of Scientific American, A.T. Winfree published an article which gave an explanation of sudden cardiac arrest in terms of topology. His topological argument was modified in his 1987 book called “When time breaks down”. In this paper we fill what appears to be a gap in Winfree's topological arguments.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , October 1991 , pp. 123 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

References

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