Table 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| D(t) | pdf of open duration |
| Q(t) | cdf of open duration |
| H(t) | pdf of opening events |
| P(t) | cdf of opening events |
| R(t) | cdf of closed duration |
| E(n) | Distribution of the No. of openings per record |
| F(t) | pdf of latency to first opening |
| G(t) | Normalized macroscopic current |
| Imac(t) | Macroscopic current |
| η(t) | Probability of transition from closed to open state |
| α | Probability of transition from open to closed state |
| L(t) | Probability of the channel staying closed until time t |
| L*(t1, t2) | Probability of the channel staying closed between times t1 and t2 |
| φ(t;n) | probability of n openings after time t if the channel is closed at t |
| τ | Mean open duration |
| τcap | The cap value of mean open duration |
| Ios | Amplitude of single channel current |
| N | Number of single channel records |
| Nch | Number of channels contributing to the macroscopic current |