Patterns in the predator–prey system with network connection and harvesting policy

A diffusive predator–prey system with the network connection and harvesting policy is investigated in the present paper. The global existence and boundedness of the positive solutions to the parabolic equations are analyzed. Hereafter, a priori estimates and non-existence of the non-constant steady states are investigated for the corresponding elliptic equation. Next, we focus on the network connect model. The stability of the positive equilibrium, the Hopf bifurcation, and the Turing instability of networked system are explored. By using the multiple time scale (MTS), the direction of the Hopf bifurcation is determined. It is found that the networked system may admit a supercritical or subcritical Hopf bifurcation. For the Turing instability, the positive equilibrium will change its stability from an unstable state to a stable one with the change of the connecting probability. That is not the case in the model without network structure. Theoretical results also show that the model can create rich dynamical behaviors and numerical simulations well verify the validity of the theoretical analysis.     

Stability and attractivity of periodic solutions of parabolic systems with time delays

This paper is concerned with the existence, stability, and global attractivity of time-periodic solutions for a class of coupled parabolic equations in a bounded domain. The problem under consideration includes coupled system of parabolic and ordinary differential equations, and time delays may appear in the nonlinear reaction functions. Our approach to the problem is by the method of upper and lower solutions and its associated monotone iterations. The existence of time-periodic solutions is for a class of locally Lipschitz continuous reaction functions without any quasimonotone requirement using Schauder fixed point theorem, while the stability and attractivity analysis is for quasimonotone nondecreasing and mixed quasimonotone reaction functions using the monotone iterative scheme. The results for the general system are applied to the standard parabolic equations without time delay and to the corresponding ordinary differential system. Applications are also given to three Lotka-Volterra reaction diffusion model problems, and in each problem a sufficient condition on the reaction rates is obtained to ensure the stability and global attractivity of positive periodic solutions.     

Coexistence and Asymptotic Periodicity in a Competition Model of Plankton Allelopathy

In this paper, the two species Lotka-Volterra competition model of plankton allelopathy from aquatic ecology is discussed. The authors study the existence of solutions to a strongly coupled elliptic system with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions and consider the existence, stability and global attractivity of time-periodic solutions for a coupled parabolic equations in a bounded domain. Their results show that this model possesses at least one coexistence state if cross-diffusions and self-diffusions are weak. The existence of the positive T-periodic solutions and the global stability as well as the global attractivity for the parabolic system are also given.     

Stability and global Hopf bifurcation in a delayed food web consisting of a prey and two predators

This paper is concerned with a predator–prey system with Holling II functional response and hunting delay and gestation. By regarding the sum of delays as the bifurcation parameter, the local stability of the positive equilibrium and the existence of Hopf bifurcation are investigated. We obtained explicit formulas to determine the properties of Hopf bifurcation by using the normal form method and center manifold theorem. Special attention is paid to the global continuation of local Hopf bifurcation. Using a global Hopf bifurcation result of Wu [Wu JH. Symmetric functional differential equations and neural networks with memory, Trans Amer Math Soc 1998;350:4799–4838] for functional differential equations, we may show the global existence of the periodic solutions. Finally, several numerical simulations illustrating the theoretical analysis are also given.     

Dynamics of a bio-reactor model with chemotaxis

Long time dynamics of solutions to a strongly coupled system of parabolic equations modeling the competition in bio-reactors with chemotaxis will be studied. In particular, we show that the dynamical system possesses a global attractor and that it is strongly uniformly persistent if the trivial steady state is unstable. Using a result of Smith and Waltman on perturbation of global attractors, we also show that the positive steady state is unique and globally attracting.     

Global Hopf bifurcation for differential equations with state-dependent delay

We develop a global Hopf bifurcation theory for a system of functional differential equations with state-dependent delay. The theory is based on an application of the homotopy invariance of S¹-equivariant degree using the formal linearization of the system at a stationary state. Our results show that under a set of mild conditions the information about the characteristic equation of the formal linearization with frozen delay can be utilized to detect the local Hopf bifurcation and to describe the global continuation of periodic solutions for such a system with state-dependent delay.     

A nonautonomous nonlinear functional differential equation arising in the theory of population dynamics

A nonlinear periodic functional differential equation with unbounded delay describing the growth of a single species with depensation is considered. The global bifurcation of positive periodic solutions from the null one is studied and the differences from logistic-type equations are shown, namely the multiplicity of non-trivial solutions and the occurrence of a new bifurcation phenomenon. The biological meaning of the results is discussed.     

零点不可导时锥映射的歧点与正特征元的全局结构

研究了半序Banach空间中一类非线性锥映射歧点的存在性与正特征元的全局结构.与已知文献不同的是,不要求算子在零点沿着锥Frechet可微. 作为应用,讨论了一类椭圆型偏微分方程边值问题正解的歧点与全局结构.     

Analysis of stability and Hopf bifurcation for a delayed logistic equation

The dynamics of a logistic equation with discrete delay are investigated, together with the local and global stability of the equilibria. In particular, the conditions under which a sequence of Hopf bifurcations occur at the positive equilibrium are obtained. Explicit algorithm for determining the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions and the direction of the Hopf bifurcation are derived by using the theory of normal form and center manifold [Hassard B, Kazarino D, Wan Y. Theory and applications of Hopf bifurcation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1981.]. Global existence of periodic solutions is also established by using a global Hopf bifurcation result of Wu [Symmetric functional differential equations and neural networks with memory. Trans Amer Math Soc 350:1998;4799–38.]     

Positive solutions of semi-positone nonlinear operator equations in Banach spaces with lattice structure

By using global bifurcation theories we obtain an existence result for positive solutions of some nonlinear operator equations. The main result can be applied to various of differential boundary value problems to obtain the existence results for positive solutions.     

Global well-posedness for the dynamical <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-tensor model of liquid crystals

We consider a complex fluid modeling nematic liquid crystal flows, which is described by a system coupling Navier-Stokes equations with a parabolic Q-tensor system. We first prove the global existence of weak solutions in dimension three. Furthermore, the global well-posedness of strong solutions is studied with sufficiently large viscosity of fluid. Finally, we show a continuous dependence result on the initial data which directly yields the weak-strong uniqueness of solutions.     

Asymptotic Behaviour and Global Existence of Solutions for Some Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Equations

The paper deals with the asymptotic behaviour and global existence of solutions for some classes of nonlinear parabolic equations in regard to the monotone properties of the nonlinear term. The asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of initial-boundary value problem for nonlinear parabolic equations is studied via the method of differential inequalities in order to obtain oscillation criterion for the solutions. Existence of extremal solutions of semilinear elliptic and parabolic equations is investigated via monotone iterative methods. The extremal solutions are obtained via monotone iterates.     

具有饱和项的捕食食饵系统正周期解的存在性

By the theory of periodic parabolic operators, Shauder estimates and bifurcation, the existence of positive periodic solutions for periodic prey-predator model with saturation is discussed. The necessary and sufficient conditions to coexistence of periodic system are obtained.     

GLOBAL BLOW-UP FOR A DEGENERATE AND SINGULAR NONLOCAL PARABOLIC EQUATION WITH WEIGHTED NONLOCAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

This paper deals with the blow-up properties of positive solutions to a degenerate and singular nonlocal parabolic equation with weighted nonlocal boundary conditions.Under appropriate hypotheses, the global existence and finite time blow-up of positive solutions are obtained. Furthermore, by using the properties of Green's function, we find that the blow-up set of the blow-up solution is the whole domain(0, a), and this differs from parabolic equations with local sources case.     

On the Properties of ParabolicSolutions of Non-localEquations

In this short note, we investigate the properties of positive solutions for some non-local parabolic equations. The conditions on the global existence and blowup in finite time of solution are given.     

Bifurcations in reaction-diffusion equations and associated dissipative structures

The paper considers semilinear parabolic equations with conditions dependent on a parameter. A stationary solution of the boundary-value problem is constructed in the neighborhood of the bifurcation value of the parameter. The evolution of the solutions of the Cauchy problem to the bifurcation solution—a spatially nonhomogeneous dissipative structure—is examined. Translated from Chislennye Metody i Vychislitel'nyi Eksperiment, Moscow State University, pp. 15–30, 1998.     

一类捕食——食饵模型正平衡解的整体分歧

讨论了一类改进的Leslie-Gower和Holling-Type Ⅱ型捕食-食饵模型对应的平衡态系统正解的结构.以捕食者的出生率b为分歧参数,利用局部分歧理论和整体分歧理论,得到了此平衡态系统正解的存在性与参数b的关系,即当b适当大时,该平衡态系统具有共存正解.     

非局部抛物型方程解的性质

In this short note, we investigate the properties of positive solutions for some non-local parabolic equations. The conditions on the global existence and blow-up in finite time of solution are given.     

A stage-structured predator-prey system with time delay

A stage-structured predator-prey system with time delay is considered. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equation, the local stability of a positive equilibrium is investigated. The existence of Hopf bifurcations is established. Formulae are derived to determine the direction of bifurcations and the stability of bifurcating periodic solutions by using the normal form theory and center manifold theorem. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results. Based on the global Hopf bifurcation theorem for general functional differential equations, the global existence of periodic solutions is established.