Surface diffusion flow for an erythrocyte

(Graphics show half of the surface of revolution)

Scale: Separation in middle = 0.02, major radius = 1.9, minor radius = 0.62.

Shape of center: Modeled on y=x⁴.

Time step = 10^-6.

Spatial resolution of generating curve = 0.02-1.00.

System: Dell Vostro 1510 Laptop with an Intel Dual Core 1.80 GHz.

Computation time: About 9 minutes.

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	Posted on: Wed Nov 19 22:31:54 PST 2008