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Ting-Hao Hsu

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arXiv2021

Population Growth and Competition Models with Decay and Competition Consistent Delay

We derive an alternative expression for a delayed logistic equation in which the rate of change in the population involves a growth rate that depends on the population density during an earlier time period. In our formulation, the delay in the growth term is consistent with the rate of instantaneous decline in the population given by the model. Our formulation is a modification of [Arino et al., J.~Theoret.~Biol.~241(1):109--119, 2006] by taking the intraspecific competition between the adults and juveniles into account. We provide a complete global analysis showing that no sustained oscillations are possible. A threshold giving the interface between extinction and survival is determined in terms of the parameters in the model. The theory of chain transitive sets and the comparison theorem for cooperative delay differential equations are used to determine the global dynamics of the model. We extend our delayed logistic equation to a system modeling the competition of two species. For the competition model, we provide results on local stability, bifurcation diagrams, and adaptive dynamics. Assuming that the species with shorter delay produces fewer offspring at a time than the species with longer delay, we show that there is a critical value, $τ^*$, such that the evolutionary trend is for the delay to approach $τ^*$.

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arXiv2019

Relaxation Oscillations and the Entry-Exit Function in Multi-Dimensional Slow-Fast Systems

For a slow-fast system of the form $\dot{p}=εf(p,z,ε)+h(p,z,ε)$, $\dot{z}=g(p,z,ε)$ for $(p,z)\in \mathbb R^n\times \mathbb R^m$, we consider the scenario that the system has invariant sets $M_i=\{(p,z): z=z_i\}$, $1\le i\le N$, linked by a singular closed orbit formed by trajectories of the limiting slow and fast systems. Assuming that the stability of $M_i$ changes along the slow trajectories at certain turning points, we derive criteria for the existence and stability of relaxation oscillations for the slow-fast system. Our approach is based on a generalization of the entry-exit relation to systems with multi-dimensional fast variables. We then apply our criteria to several predator-prey systems with rapid ecological evolutionary dynamics to show the existence of relaxation oscillations in these models.

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arXiv2019

A Criterion for the Existence of Relaxation Oscillations with Applications to Predator-Prey Systems and an Epidemic Model

We derive characteristic functions to determine the number and stability of relaxation oscillations for a class of planar systems. Applying our criterion, we give conditions under which the chemostat predator-prey system has a globally orbitally asymptotically stable limit cycle. Also we demonstrate that a prescribed number of relaxation oscillations can be constructed by varying the perturbation for an epidemic model studied by Li et al. [SIAM J. Appl. Math, 2016].

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arXiv2018

Number and Stability of Relaxation Oscillations for Predator-Prey Systems with Small Death Rates

We consider planar systems of predator-prey models with small predator death rate $ε>0$. Using geometric singular perturbation theory and Floquet theory, we derive characteristic functions that determines the location and the stability of relaxation oscillations as $ε\to 0$. When the prey-isocline has a single interior local extremum, we prove that the system has a unique nontrivial periodic orbit, which forms a relaxation oscillation. For some systems with prey-isocline possessing two interior local extrema, we show that either the positive equilibrium is globally stable, or the system has exact two periodic orbits. In particular, for a predator-prey model with the Holling type IV functional response we derive a threshold value of the carrying capacity that separates these two outcomes. This result supports the so-called paradox of enrichment.

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arXiv2018

Growth on Two Limiting Essential Resources in a Self-Cycling Fermentor

A system of impulsive differential equations with state-dependent impulses is used to model the growth of a single population on two limiting essential resources in a self-cycling fermentor. Potential applications include water purification and biological waste remediation. The self-cycling fermentation process is a semi-batch process and the model is an example of a hybrid system. In this case, a well-stirred tank is partially drained, and subsequently refilled using fresh medium when the concentration of both resources (assumed to be pollutants) falls below some acceptable threshold. We consider the process successful if the threshold for emptying/refilling the reactor can be reached indefinitely without the time between successive emptying/refillings becoming unbounded and without interference by the operator. We prove that whenever the process is successful, the model predicts that the concentrations of the population and the resources converge to a positive periodic solution. We derive conditions for the successful operation of the process that are shown to be initial condition dependent and prove that if these conditions are not satisfied, then the reactor fails. We show numerically that there is an optimal fraction of the medium drained from the tank at each impulse that maximizes the output of the process.

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arXiv2016

On Bifurcation Delay: An Alternative Approach Using Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory

To explain the phenomenon of bifurcation delay, which occurs in planar systems of the form $\dot{x}=εf(x,z,ε)$, $\dot{z}=g(x,z,ε)z$, where $f(x,0,0)>0$ and $g(x,0,0)$ changes sign at least once on the $x$-axis, we use the Exchange Lemma in Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory to track the limiting behavior of the solutions. Using the trick of extending dimension to overcome the degeneracy at the turning point, we show that the limiting attracting and repulsion points are given by the well-known entry-exit function, and the maximum of $z$ on the trajectory is of order $\exp(-1/ε)$. Also we prove smoothness the return map up to arbitrary finite order in $ε$.

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arXiv2015

Viscous singular shock profiles for the Keyfitz-Kranzer system

It was shown by Schecter (2004, J. Differential Equations, 205, 185-210), using the methods of Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory, that the Dafermos regularization $u_t+f(u)_x= εtu_{xx}$ for the Keyfitz-Kranzer system admits an unbounded family of solutions. Inspired by that work, in this paper we provide a more intuitive approach which leads to a stronger result. In addition to the existence of viscous profiles, we also prove the weak convergence and show that the maximum of the solution is of order $ε^{-2}$. This asymptotic behavior is distinct from that obtained in the author's recent work (arXiv:1512.00394) on a system modeling two-phase fluid flow, for which the maximum of the viscous solution is of order $\exp(ε^{-1})$.

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