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Replicator-mutator equations with quadratic fitness

Analysis of PDEs 2020-12-16 v1

Abstract

This work completes our previous analysis on models arising in evolutionary genetics. We consider the so-called replicator-mutator equation, when the fitness is quadratic. This equation is a heat equation with a harmonic potential, plus a specific nonlocal term. We give an explicit formula for the solution, thanks to which we prove that when the fitness is non-positive (harmonic potential), solutions converge to a universal stationary Gaussian for large time, whereas when the fitness is non-negative (inverted harmonic potential), solutions always become extinct in finite time.

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@article{arxiv.1611.06119,
  title  = {Replicator-mutator equations with quadratic fitness},
  author = {Matthieu Alfaro and Rémi Carles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.06119},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages

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