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# Singularly perturbed population models with reducible migration matrix 1. Sova-Kurtz theorem and the convergence to the aggregated model

• Multiple time scales are common in population models with age and space structure, where they are a reflection of often different rates of demographic and migratory processes. This makes the models singularly perturbed and allows for their aggregation which, while significantly reducing their complexity, does not alter their essential dynamic properties. There are several methods of aggregation of such models. In this paper we shall show how the Trotter-Kato-Sova-Kurtz theory developed to analyze convergence of $C_0$-semigroups can be used in this field. The paper also extends some of the previous results by considering reducible migration matrices which are important in modelling populations living in geographically patched areas with restricted communication between the patches.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 92D25, 35B25, 47D06; Secondary: 35Q92, 47N20.

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