Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (Jan 2012)

Existence of Positive Periodic Solutions for a Nonautonomous Generalized Predator-Prey System with Time Delay in Two-Patch Environment

  • Huilan Wang,
  • Zhengqiu Zhang,
  • Weiping Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/423193
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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By using continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, sufficient conditions of the existence of positive periodic solutions are obtained for a generalized predator-prey system with diffusion and delays. In this paper, we construct a V-function to make the prior estimation for periodic solutions, which makes the discussion more concise. Moreover, to compute the mapping's topological degree, a polynomial function matrix is constructed straightforwardly as a homotopic mapping for the generalized one, which improves the methods of computation on topological degree for a generalized mapping.