{"id":13,"date":"2008-05-13T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T02:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ckraju.net\/wordpress\/?p=16"},"modified":"2008-05-13T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2008-05-13T02:03:18","slug":"functional-differential-equations-in-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckraju.net\/wordpress_F\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Functional Differential Equations in Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Abstract of\u00a0my talk at JNU School of Life Sciences, yesterday 12 May 2008, 3.30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Currently, molecular dynamics uses ordinary differential equations. I explain why functional differential equations are better suited to biology, <!--more-->how they arise naturally in classical physics, and how they relate to quantum mechanics. I also examine the feasibility of changing existing computer programs for molecular dynamics, such as AMBER, CHARMM, NAMD2, etc., to incorporate functional differential equations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/11picsoftime.com\/oldbook\/\">Time: Towards a Consistent Theory<\/a>, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 1994.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\u201cOn Time: 5b. Electromagnetic Time.\u201d <em>Physics Education<\/em>, <strong>9<\/strong> (1992) 251-265.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\u201cOn Time:6b. Quantum-Mechanical Time.\u201d <em>Physics Education<\/em> <strong>10<\/strong> (1993) 143-161.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/quant-ph\/0511235\">&#8220;The Electrodynamic 2-Body Problem and the Origin of Quantum Mechanics&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/quant-ph\/0511235\"><em>Found. Phys. <\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/quant-ph\/0511235\"><strong>34<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/quant-ph\/0511235\"> (2004) 937-62.<\/a> arxiv.org:0511235<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0804\/0804.0830v1.pdf\">&#8220;Time Travel and the Reality of Spontaneity&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0804\/0804.0830v1.pdf\"><em>Found. Phys.<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0804\/0804.0830v1.pdf\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0804\/0804.0830v1.pdf\"><strong>36<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0804\/0804.0830v1.pdf\"> (2006) 1099-1113. <\/a>arxiv.org: 0804.0830<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">(with Suvrat Raju) <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0802\/0802.3390v1.pdf\">&#8220;Radiative Damping and Functional Differential Equations&#8221;. <\/a>arxiv.org: 0802:3390.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/PS_cache\/arxiv\/pdf\/0803\/0803.4367v1.pdf\">A New Mathematical Model for Molecular Dynamics 1: Molecular Basis of Memory<\/a>. arxiv.org: 0803:4367<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a non-technical account see the relevant chapters of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/11picsoftime.com\/\">The Eleven Pictures of Time<\/a>, Sage, 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Abstract of\u00a0my talk at JNU School of Life Sciences, yesterday 12 May 2008, 3.30 p.m.) Currently, molecular dynamics uses ordinary differential equations. 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