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A semigroup proof of the Sharpe-Lotka theorem

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Webb, G.F. (1984). A semigroup proof of the Sharpe-Lotka theorem. In: Kappel, F., Schappacher, W. (eds) Infinite-Dimensional Systems. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1076. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072780

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