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Oscillation threshold for a mosquito population suppression model with time delay
Yuan Xian Hui1,2, Geng Hong Lin1, Qi Wen Sun1
1Center for Applied Mathematics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, PRC.
Abstract:
We consider a mosquito population suppression model with time delay. We show that, in the absence of sterile mosquitoes released, the model solutions oscillate with respect to its unique non-zero equilibrium. With the releases of sterile mosquitoes, we then determine an oscillation threshold, denoted by $\hat{b}$, for the constant release rate of the sterile mosquitoes such that all non-trivial positive solutions oscillate when the release rate of the sterile mosquitoes is less than $\hat{b}$, and the oscillation disappears as the release rate exceeds $\hat{b}$. We also provide some numerical simulations to validate our theoretical results.

