Title
Global Stability of Periodic Orbits of Non-Autonomous Difference Equations and Population Biology
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-2005
Abstract
Elaydi and Yakubu showed that a globally asymptotically stable(GAS) periodic orbit in an autonomous difference equation must in fact be a fixed point whenever the phase space is connected. In this paper we extend this result to periodic nonautonomous difference equations via the concept of skew-product dynamical systems. We show that for a k-periodic difference equation, if a periodic orbit of period r is GAS, then r must be a divisor of k. In particular sub-harmonic, or long periodic, oscillations cannot occur. Moreover, if r divides k we construct a non-autonomous dynamical system having minimum period k and which has a GAS periodic orbit with minimum period r. Our methods are then applied to prove a conjecture by J. Cushing and S. Henson concerning a non-autonomous Beverton-Holt equation which arises in the study of the response of a population to a periodically fluctuating environmental force such as seasonal fluctuations in carrying capacity or demographic parameters like birth or death rates.
Identifier
10.1016/j.jde.2003.10.024
Publisher
Elsevier
Repository Citation
Elaydi, S., & Sacker, R.J. (2005). Global stability of periodic orbits of non-autonomous difference equations and population biology. Journal of Differential Equations, 208(1), 258-273. doi:10.1016/j.jde.2003.10.024
Publication Information
Journal of Differential Equations