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Global stability in time-delayed single-species dynamics

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Criteria are established for three classes of models of single-species dynamics with a single discrete delay to have a globally asymptotically stable positive equilibrium independent of the length of delay.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, T6G 2G1, Edmonton, Canada

    H. I. Freedman & K. Gopalsamy

  2. School of Mathematics, Flinders University, 5042, Bedford Park, SA, Australia

    K. Gopalsamy

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Research partially supported by the NSERC of Canada, grant No. A4823.

Research was carried out while the author was a distinguished visitor at the University of Alberta.

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Freedman, H.I., Gopalsamy, K. Global stability in time-delayed single-species dynamics. Bltn Mathcal Biology 48, 485–492 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462319

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