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Mathematical Biology Seminar
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2009/07/16
15:00-16:20 Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Odo Diekmann (Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University)
The delay equation formulation of physiologically structured population models
Odo Diekmann (Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University)
The delay equation formulation of physiologically structured population models
[ Abstract ]
Traditionally, physiologically structured population models are formulated in terms of first order partial differential equations with non-local boundary conditions and/or transformed arguments. The stability and bifurcation theory for such equations is, in the quasi-linear case, still very immature.
The aim of this lecture is to explain that, alternatively, one can formulate such models in terms of delay equations (more precisely : renewal equations coupled to delay differential equations) without losing essential information and that for delay equations there is a well-developed local stability and bifurcation theory. As a motivating example we consider the interaction between a size-structured consumer and an unstructured resource. The lecture is based on joint work with Mats Gyllenberg and Hans Metz.
Traditionally, physiologically structured population models are formulated in terms of first order partial differential equations with non-local boundary conditions and/or transformed arguments. The stability and bifurcation theory for such equations is, in the quasi-linear case, still very immature.
The aim of this lecture is to explain that, alternatively, one can formulate such models in terms of delay equations (more precisely : renewal equations coupled to delay differential equations) without losing essential information and that for delay equations there is a well-developed local stability and bifurcation theory. As a motivating example we consider the interaction between a size-structured consumer and an unstructured resource. The lecture is based on joint work with Mats Gyllenberg and Hans Metz.
