Convergence to Equilibria in General Models of Unilingual-Bilingual Interactions

Freedman, H. I.; Baggs, I.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45692-3_3

H. I. Freedman³ &
I. Baggs⁴

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We derive general models for the interaction of unilingual and bilingual components of a population, and classify those models for which the dynamics is trivial by obtaining criteria for the nonexistence of periodic solutions.

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Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2G1
H. I. Freedman
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2G1
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Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
Stavros Busenberg
Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 92634, USA
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Freedman, H.I., Baggs, I. (1991). Convergence to Equilibria in General Models of Unilingual-Bilingual Interactions. In: Busenberg, S., Martelli, M. (eds) Differential Equations Models in Biology, Epidemiology and Ecology. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45692-3_3

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