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An analysis of a fractal kinetics curve of Savageau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

John Maloney  and
Jack Heidel
John Maloney
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68182, USA; e-mail: maloney@unomaha.edu, jheidel@unomaha.edu.
Jack Heidel
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68182, USA; e-mail: maloney@unomaha.edu, jheidel@unomaha.edu.
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Abstract

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The fractal kinetics curve derived by Savageau is analysed to show that its parameters are not uniquely determined given four appropriately situated data points. Comparison is made with an alternate fractal Michaelis-Menten equation derived by Lopez-Quintela and Casado.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , October 2003 , pp. 261 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2003

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