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Chinese Journal of Engineering Mathematics ›› 2015, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 369-380.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-3085.2015.03.006

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Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for an Unstirred Chemostat Model with B-D Functional Response

LI Hai-xia   

  1. College of Mathematics and Information Science, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721013
  • Received:2013-11-18 Accepted:2014-10-27 Online:2015-06-15 Published:2015-08-15
  • Supported by:
    The Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities (GK201303008); the Scienfific Research Foundation of Shaanxi Educational Committee (14JK1035); the Key Research Program of Baoji University of Arts and Sciences (ZK15039).

Abstract:

We investigate the existence and multiplicity of positive steady-state solutions to the unstirred Chemostat model with Beddington-DeAngelis functional response. The global structure of coexistence solutions is studied by the bifurcation theory. Sufficiently conditions for the existence of positive steady-state solutions are obtained. Furthermore, the stability and multiplicity of positive steady-state solutions are discussed. Conditions for the multiple existence of positive steady-state solutions are established by means of the perturbation theory for linear operators and the fixed point index theory. The results indicate that the maximal growth rate of the plasmid-bearing organism has an effect on the stability and multiplicity of positive steady-state solutions.

Key words: Chemostat model, Beddington-DeAngelis functional response, bifurcation, stabi-lity, multiplicity

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