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# Hopf bifurcation in an age-structured population model with two delays

• This paper is devoted to the study of an age-structured population system with Riker type birth function. Two time lag factors is considered for the model. One lag lies in the birth process and the another is in the birth function. We investigate some dynamical properties of the equation by using integrated semigroup theory, through which we obtain some conditions of asymptotical stability and Hopf bifurcation occurring at positive steady state for the system. The obtained results show how the two delays affect these dynamical properties.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34G20, 37G15, 35B32, 35K55, 92D25.

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