A nonautonomous predator-prey system arising from coagulation theory

A recent investigation of Budác et al. on the selfsimilar behaviour of solutions to a model of coagulation with maximum size [Oxford Center for Nonlinear PdE, Report no. OxPDE-10/01, June 2010] led us to consider a related nonautonomous Lotka-Volterra predator-prey system in which the vector field o...

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Autor principal: Costa, Fernando Pestana da (author)
Outros Autores: Pinto, João Teixeira (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2011
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1911
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/1911
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Resumo:A recent investigation of Budác et al. on the selfsimilar behaviour of solutions to a model of coagulation with maximum size [Oxford Center for Nonlinear PdE, Report no. OxPDE-10/01, June 2010] led us to consider a related nonautonomous Lotka-Volterra predator-prey system in which the vector field of the predator equation converges to zero as t\rightarrow +\infty. The solutions of the system show a behaviour distinct from those of either autonomous or periodic analogs. A partial numerical and analytical study of these systems is initiated. An ecological interpretation of this type of systems is proposed.