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# A nonlocal diffusion population model with age structure and Dirichlet boundary condition

• In this paper, we study the global dynamics of a population model with age structure. The model is given by a nonlocal reaction-diffusion equation carrying a maturation time delay, together with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. The non-locality arises from spatial movements of the immature individuals. We are mainly concerned with the case when the birth rate decays as the mature population size becomes large. The analysis is rather subtle and it is inadequate to apply the powerful theory of monotone dynamical systems. By using the method of super-sub solutions, combined with the careful analysis of the kernel function in the nonlocal term, we prove nonexistence, existence and uniqueness of the positive steady states of the model. By establishing an appropriate comparison principle and applying the theory of dissipative systems, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the trivial solution and the unique positive steady state.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34B18.

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