ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Oscillation of a logistic equation with delay and diffusion

Authors 1, 2

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Jinzhou Teacher's College, Jinzhou, Hubei 434100, P.R. China
  2. Department of Mathematics, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30043, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Abstract

This paper establishes oscillation theorems for a class of functional parabolic equations which arises from logistic population models with delays and diffusion.

Keywords

oscillation theorem, functional parabolic differential equation, logistic equation

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Pages:
219-230
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-01-04
Accepted
1995-02-27
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences