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Bifurcation for the Lotka-Volterra competition model

Analysis of PDEs 2024-04-23 v1

Abstract

We analyze the bifurcation phenomenon for the following two-component competition system: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u_1=\mu u_1(1-u_1)-\beta \alpha u_1u_2,& \text{in}\ B_1\subset \mathbb{R}^N, -\Delta u_2=\sigma u_2(1-u_2)-\beta \gamma u_1u_2,& \text{in}\ B_1\subset \mathbb{R}^N, \frac{\partial u_1}{\partial n}= \frac{\partial u_2}{\partial n} =0,&\text{on}\ \partial B_1, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where N2N\ge 2, α>γ>0\alpha>\gamma>0, σμ>0\sigma\ge\mu>0 and β>σγ\beta>\frac{\sigma}{\gamma}. More precisely, treating β\beta as the bifurcation parameter, we initially perform a local bifurcation analysis around the positive constant solutions, obtaining precise information of where bifurcation could occur, and determine the direction of bifurcation. As a byproduct, the instability of the constant solution is provided. Furthermore, we extend our exploration to the global bifurcation analysis. Lastly, under the condition σ=μ\sigma=\mu, we demonstrate the limiting configuration on each bifurcation branch as the competition rate β+\beta\rightarrow+\infty.

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@article{arxiv.2404.13410,
  title  = {Bifurcation for the Lotka-Volterra competition model},
  author = {Zaizheng Li and Susanna Terracini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13410},
  year   = {2024}
}

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