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Author:   Philip H. Todd
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   67
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.256kg
ISBN:  

9783540164821

ISBN 10:   3540164820
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   01 May 1986
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- 1.1 General Introduction.- 1.2 Introduction from Mathematical Biology.- 1.3 Neuroanatomical Introduction.- 2: Some Geometrical Models in Biology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Hemispherical Tip Growth.- 2.3 The Mouse Cerebral Vesicle.- 2.4 The Shape of Birds1 Eggs.- 2.5 The Folding Pattern of the Cerebral Cortex.- 2.6 Surface Curvatures of the Cerebral Cortex.- 2.7 Coda.- 3: Minimum Dirichlet Integral of Growth Rate as a Metric for Intrinsic Shape Difference.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Isotropic and Anistropic Biological Growth.- 3.3 Some Properties of the Minimum Dirichlet Integral.- 3.4 Minimum Dirichlet Integral as a Metric for Shape.- 3.5 Comparison with other Dirichlet Problems.- 4: Curvature of the Ferret Brain.- 4.1 Material & Methods.- 4.2 Results and Interpretation.- 4.3 Discussion.- 4.4 The nearest plane region to a given surface.- 4.5 Conclusions.- References.- Appendix A: Numerical Surface Curvature.

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