FitzHugh-Nagumo System

Description

The FitzHugh-Nagumo system describes a prototype of an excitable system (e.g., a neuron). If the external stimulus $i_0(t)$ exceeds a certain threshold value, the system will exhibit a characteristic excursion in phase space, before the variables $v$ and $w$ relax back to their rest values. This behaviour is typical for spike generations (=short elevation of membrane voltage $v$) in a neuron after stimulation by an external input current.

Here, we present the setting from [1], where the equations for the dynamical system read

Failed to parse (syntax error): \epsilon v_t(x,t)=\epsilon^2v_{xx}(x,t)+f(v(x,t))-w(x,t)+g, \\

$w_t(x,t)=hv(x,t)-\gamma w(x,t)+g,$

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