Global analysis of competition for perfectly substitutable resources with linear response |
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Authors: | Mary M. Ballyk C. Connell McCluskey Gail S.K. Wolkowicz |
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Affiliation: | (1) Present address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1 |
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Abstract: | We study a model of the chemostat with two species competing for two perfectly substitutable resources in the case of linear functional response. Lyapunov methods are used to provide sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the coexistence equilibrium. Then, using compound matrix techniques, we provide a global analysis in a subset of parameter space. In particular, we show that each solution converges to an equilibrium, even in the case that the coexistence equilibrium is a saddle. Finally, we provide a bifurcation analysis based on the dilution rate. In this context, we are able to provide a geometric interpretation that gives insight into the role of the other parameters in the bifurcation sequence. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program at New Mexico State University, fund # NSF0123690. Research partially supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. |
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Keywords: | Perfectly substitutable resources Competition Compound matrices Bifurcation Lyapunov techniques |
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