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Carl Veller1, Vinesh Rajpaul

  • 1Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa. carl.veller@gmail.com

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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary game theory
  • Complex systems dynamics

Background:

  • Understanding the governance of natural and artificial systems is crucial.
  • Competitive dynamics model population evolution based on game payoffs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze a purely competitive evolutionary dynamics for a three-strategy game.
  • To investigate the impact of dominance and mutations on population states.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling infinite population dynamics with pairwise interactions.
  • Analyzing stability of pure and mixed population states.
  • Introducing mutations to observe their effect on system stability.

Main Results:

  • A dominant strategy leads to a globally attracting pure population state.
  • Without dominance, populations oscillate between near-pure states.
  • Mutations can stabilize unstable mixed states, even at low rates.

Conclusions:

  • Dominance ensures stable pure populations.
  • Mutations can stabilize otherwise unstable systems, demonstrating their critical role in evolutionary dynamics.