Volume 2010, Article ID 249364, 9 pagesdoi:10.1155/2010/249364 Research Article Note on the Persistent Property of a Discrete Lotka-Volterra Competitive System with Delays and Feedback C
Trang 1Volume 2010, Article ID 249364, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/249364
Research Article
Note on the Persistent Property of a Discrete
Lotka-Volterra Competitive System with Delays and Feedback Controls
Xiangzeng Kong,1, 2 Liping Chen,1, 2 and Wensheng Yang1, 2
1 Key Lab of Network Security and Cryptology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
2 School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Correspondence should be addressed to Xiangzeng Kong,xzkong@fjnu.edu.cn
Received 26 June 2010; Accepted 12 September 2010
Academic Editor: P J Y Wong
Copyrightq 2010 Xiangzeng Kong et al This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
A nonautonomous N-species discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive system with delays and feedback
controls is considered in this work Sufficient conditions on the coefficients are given to guarantee that all the species are permanent It is shown that these conditions are weaker than those of Liao
et al 2008
1 Introduction
Traditional Lotka-Volterra competitive systems have been extensively studied by many authors1 7.The autonomous model can be expressed as follows:
ui t bi u it
⎡
⎣1 −N
j1
a ij u jt
⎤
⎦, i 1, , N, 1.1
where b i > 0, a ii > 0, a ij ≥ 0 i / j, uitdenoting the density of the ith species at time t Montes
de Oca and Zeeman6 investigated the general nonautonomous N-species Lotka-Volterra
competitive system
ui t uit
⎡
⎣bit −N
j1
c ijtujt
⎤
⎦, cij ≥ 0, i 1, , N, 1.2
Trang 2and obtained that if the coefficients are continuous and bounded above and below by positive
constants, and if for each i 2, , N, there exists an integer ki < i such that
b i
c ij <
b ki
c k i j , j 1, , i, 1.3
then ui → 0 exponentially for 2 ≤ i ≤ N, and uit → X∗, where X∗is a certain solution of
a logistic equation Teng8 and Ahmad and Stamova 9 also studied the coexistence on a nonautonomous Lotka-Volterra competitive system They obtained the necessary or sufficient conditions for the permanence and the extinction For more works relevant to system1.1, one could refer to1 9 and the references cited therein
However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to this day, still less scholars consider the general nonautonomous discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive system with delays and feedback controls Recently, in1 Liao et al considered the following general nonautonomous discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive system with delays and feedback controls:
x in 1 xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j1
a ijnxj n − τij− dinuin
⎫
⎬
⎭,
Δuin rin − einuin cinxin − σi, i 1, 2, , N,
x iθ φiθ ≥ 0, θ ∈ N−τ, 0 : {−τ, −τ 1, , −1, 0},
1.4
where x in i 1, 2, , N is the density of competitive species; uin is the control variable;
e in : Z → 0, 1; bounded sequences rin, cin, bin, aijn, and din : Z → R ; τ ij and σiare positive integer;Z, R denote the sets of all integers and all positive real numbers, respectively;Δ is the first-order forward difference operator Δuin uin 1 − uin; τ
max{max1≤i,j≤Nτ ij , max1≤i≤Nσ i} > 0.
In1, Liao et al obtained sufficient conditions for permanence of the system 1.4 They obtained what follows
Lemma 1.1 Assume that
min
hold, then system1.4 is permanent, where
M iΔi exp
b u i − 1
a l
iiexp
−b u
i τ ii ·a
u
iiexp
τ iiN
j1a u ij M j Wi d u i − b l
i
b l
i−N
j 1,j / i a u
ij M j − d u
i W i ,
W i r i u c u
i M i
e l i
, M i exp b u i − 1
a l
iiexp −b u
i τ ii
1.6
Trang 3exp
b u i − 1> 0, a l iiexp
−b u
i τ ii
> 0, a u iiexp
⎧
⎨
⎩τ ii
⎛
⎝N
j1
a u ij M j Wi d u i − b l
i
⎞
⎠
⎫
⎬
⎭> 0.
1.7
Hence, the above inequality1.5 implies
b l i− N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j − d u
i W i > 0. 1.8
That is
b l i >
N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j d u
i W i
N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j d u
i
r u
i c u
i M i
e i l
N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j d i u r i u
e l i
d u i c u i M i
e l i
.
1.9
It was shown that in [ 1 ] Liao et al considered system1.4 where all coefficients rin, cin, din,
a ijn, ein, and bin were assumed to satisfy conditions 1.9.
In this work, we shall study system1.4 and get the same results as 1 do under the weaker assumption that
b l
i >
N
j 1,j / i
a u
ij M j d i u r i u
e l i
Our main results are the followingTheorem 1.2
Theorem 1.2 Assume that 1.10 holds, then system 1.4 is permanent.
Remark 1.3 The inequality1.9 implies 1.10, but not conversely, for
N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j d i u r i u
e l i
≤ N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j d i u r i u
e l i
d u i c u i M i
e l i
Therefore, we have improved the permanence conditions of1 for system 1.4
Theorem 1.2 will be proved in Section 2 In Section 3, an example will be given to illustrate that1.10 does not imply 1.9; that is, the condition 1.10 is better than 1.9
Trang 42 Proof of Theorem 1.2
The following lemma can be found in10
Lemma 2.1 Assume that A > 0 and y0 > 0, and further suppose that
(1)
y n 1 ≤ Ayn Bn, n 1, 2, 2.1
Then for any integer k ≤ n,
y n ≤ A k y n − k k−1
i0
A i B n − i − 1. 2.2
Especially, if A < 1 and B is bounded above with respect to M, then
lim
n→ ∞sup yn ≤ M
2
y n 1 ≥ Ayn Bn, n 1, 2, 2.4
Then for any integer k ≤ n,
y n ≥ A k y n − k k−1
i0
A i B n − i − 1. 2.5
Especially, if A < 1 and B is bounded below with respect to m∗, then
lim
n→ ∞inf yn ≥ m∗
Following comparison theorem of difference equation is Theorem 2.1 of [ 11 , page 241].
Lemma 2.2 Let n ∈ N
n0 {n0, n0 1, , n0 l, }, r ≥ 0 For any fixed n, gn, r is a
nondecreasing function with respect to r, and for n ≥ n0, following inequalities hold: y n 1 ≤
g n, yn, un 1 ≥ gn, un If gn0 ≤ un0, then yn ≤ un for all n ≥ n0.
Now let us consider the following single species discrete model:
N n 1 Nn exp{an − bnNn}, 2.7
where{an} and {bn} are strictly positive sequences of real numbers defined for n ∈ N {0, 1, 2, } and 0 < a l ≤ a u , 0 < b l ≤ b u Similarly to the proof of Propositions 1 and 3 in12,
we can obtain the following
Trang 5Lemma 2.3 Any solution of system 2.7 with initial condition N0 > 0 satisfies
m≤ lim
n→ ∞inf Nn ≤ lim
n→ ∞sup Nn ≤ M, 2.8
where
M 1
b lexp{au − 1}, m a l
b uexp
a l − b u M
The following lemma is direct conclusion of1
Lemma 2.4 Let xn x1n, x2n, , xNn, u1n, u2n, , uN n denote any positive
solution of system1.4.Then there exist positive constants Mi , W ii 1, 2, , N such that
lim
n→ ∞sup xin ≤ Mi , lim
n→ ∞sup uin ≤ Wi , i 1, 2, , N, 2.10
where
M i exp b i u− 1
a l
iiexp −b u
i τ ii , W i r i u c u
i M i
e l i
i 1, 2, , N. 2.11
Proposition 2.5 Suppose assumption 1.10 holds, then there exist positive constant mi and w i such that
lim
n→ ∞inf x in ≥ mi , lim
n→ ∞inf u in ≥ wi 2.12
Proof We first prove lim
n→ ∞inf x in ≥ mi
ByLemma 2.4and by the first equation of system1.4, we have
x in 1 xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j1
a ij nxj n − τij− dinuin
⎫
⎬
⎭
≥ xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j1
a ij M j ε− dinWi ε
⎫
⎬
⎭
2.13
for n sufficiently large, then
n−1
s n−τ ii
x is 1
x is ≥ exp
⎧
⎨
⎩
n−1
s n−τ ii
⎛
⎝bis −N
j1
a ijs M j ε− disWi ε
⎞
⎠
⎫
⎬
⎭. 2.14
Trang 6x in − τii ≤ xin exp
n−1
s n−τ ii
D is
where
D is N
j1
a ijs M j ε disWi ε − bis. 2.16
From the second equation of system1.4, we have
u in 1 − einuin cinxin − σi rin
≤1− e l
i
u in cinxin − σi rin
: Aiu in Bin.
2.17
Then,Lemma 2.1implies that for any k ≤ n − τii,
u in ≤ A k
i u in − k k−1
j0
A j i B i n − j − 1
A k
i u in − k k−1
j0
A j i
r i n − j − 1 ci n − j − 1x i n − j − 1 − σi
≤ A k
i u in − k k−1
j0
A j i
r i n − j − 1 c u
i exp j 1 σiD u i
x in
≤ A k
i u in − k k−1
j0
A j i r u
i k−1
j0
A j i c u
i c u
i exp j 1 σiD u
i
x in
≤ A k
i W i 1− A k i
1− Ai r i u Hi x in,
2.18
where
H i
⎡
⎣k−1
j0
A j i c i u c i uexp
j 1 σiD u
i
⎤⎦u
For any small positive constant ε > 0, there exists a K > 0 such that
d u i W i− r i u d u
i
1− Ai A k i < ε ∀k > K. 2.20
Trang 7From the first equation of system1.4, 2.18, and 2.20, we have
x in 1
≥ xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j 1,j / i
a ijnMj − a u
iiexp
τ ii D u i
x in
−d u
i W i A k i −1− A k i
1− Ai r i u d u i − d u
i H i x in
⎫
⎬
⎭
xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j 1,j / i
a ijnMj− r i u d u
i
1− Ai −
d u i W i− r i u d u
i
1− Ai A k i
− a u iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
x in
⎫
⎬
⎭
≥ xin exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b in −
N
j 1,j / i
a ijnMj− r i u d u
i
1− Ai − ε − a u iiexp
τ ii D i u
d u
i H i
x in
⎫
⎬
⎭.
2.21
By Lemmas2.2and2.3, we have
lim
n→ ∞inf xin ≥ b
l
i−N
j 1,j / i a u ij M j−r i u d u i /e l i
− ε
a u
iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
· exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b i l− N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j−r i u d u
i
e l i − ε − a u iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
M i
⎫
⎬
⎭.
2.22
Setting ε → 0 in 2.22 leads to
lim
n→ ∞inf xin ≥ b
l
i−N
j 1,j / i a u
ij M j−r u
i d u
i /e l i
a u
iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
· exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b l i− N
j 1,j / i
a u
ij M j− r i u d i u
e l i
− a u
iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
M i
⎫
⎬
⎭.
2.23
Thus,
lim
n→ ∞inf xin ≥ mi , 2.24
Trang 8m i b
l
i−N
j 1,j / i a u ij M j−r i u d u i /e i l
a u iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
· exp
⎧
⎨
⎩b i l− N
j 1,j / i
a u ij M j−r i u d u
i
e l i − a u iiexp
τ ii D u i
d u
i H i
M i
⎫
⎬
⎭.
2.25
Second, we prove limn→ ∞inf u in ≥ wi For enough small ε > 0, from the second equation of
system1.4, we have
u in 1 1 − einuin rin cinxin − σi ≥ r l
i c l
i mi − ε 1− e u
i
u in 2.26
for sufficient large n Hence
u in ≥ 1− e u
i
n
u i0 1− 1− e
u i
e u i
r i l c l
i mi − ε. 2.27 Thus, we obtain
lim
n→ ∞inf uin ≥ wi 2.28 This completes the proof
3 An Example
In this section, we give an example to illustrate that1.10 does not imply 1.9 Consider the
two-species system with delays and feedback controls for t ∈ −∞, ∞
x1n 1 x1n exp
! 1
2 − 2x1n − 1 − 1
2x2n − 3 −1
2u1n
"
,
x2n 1 x2n exp
! 1
2 −1
2x1n − 3 − 2x2n − 1 −1
2u2n
"
,
Δu1n 1 1
8 −1
2u1n x1n − 4,
Δu2n 1 1
8 −1
2u2n x2n − 8.
3.1
We have
b l1 b l
2 1
2, M1 M2 1
2, a
u
12M2 d u
1
r u
1
e l
1
3
8, a
u
21M1 d u
2
r u
2
e l
2
3
8. 3.2
Trang 9b l
1> a u
12M2 d u
1
r1u
e l
1
, b l
2> a u
21M1 d u
2
r2u
e l
2
Therefore1.10 holds
But
1
2 b l
1< a u12M2 d u
1
r1u c u
1M1
e l
1
7
8,
1
2 b l
2< a u21M1 d u
2
r u
2 c u
2M2
e l
2
7
8. 3.4 Thus1.9 does not hold
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