Search for a small egg by spermatozoa in restricted geometries

DOI10.1007/s00285-015-0955-3zbMath1348.92041OpenAlexW2273601133WikidataQ37083985 ScholiaQ37083985MaRDI QIDQ304045

F. Blanchet-Sadri, M. Dambrine

Publication date: 23 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-015-0955-3

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic estimatesnumerical simulationsrandom search processspermatozoa

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDEs, etc.) (60H30) Physiology (general) (92C30) Computational methods for stochastic equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H35)

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