Stability analysis and Hopf bifurcation in a diffusive epidemic model with two delays

Abstract

A diffusive epidemic model with two delays subjecting to Neumann boundary conditions is considered. First we obtain the existence and the stability of the positive constant steady state. Then we investigate the existence of Hopf bifurcations by analyzing the distribution of the eigenvalues. Furthermore, we derive the normal form on the center manifold near the Hopf bifurcation singularity. Finally, some numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results.

Keywords

• epidemic
• two delays
• hopf bifurcation
• normal form