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Fluctuation-driven Turing patterns
Thomas Butler, Nigel Goldenfeld
Models of diffusion driven pattern formation that rely on the Turing mechanism are utilized in many areas of science. However, many such models suffer from the defect of requiring…
Robust ecological pattern formation induced by demographic noise
Thomas Butler, Nigel Goldenfeld
We demonstrate that demographic noise can induce persistent spatial pattern formation and temporal oscillations in the Levin-Segel predator-prey model for plankton-herbivore popula…
Optimality Properties of a Proposed Precursor to the Genetic Code
Thomas Butler, Nigel Goldenfeld
We calculate the optimality of a doublet precursor to the canonical genetic code with respect to mitigating the effects of point mutations and compare our results to corresponding…
Predator-Prey Quasi-cycles from a Path Integral Formalism
Thomas Butler, David Reynolds
The existence of beyond mean field quasi-cycle oscillations in a simple spatial model of predator prey interactions is derived from a path integral formalism. The results agree sub…
Extreme genetic code optimality from a molecular dynamics calculation of amino acid polar requirement
Thomas Butler, Nigel Goldenfeld, Damien Mathew +1
A molecular dynamics calculation of the amino acid polar requirement is presented and used to score the canonical genetic code. Monte Carlo simulation shows that this computational…