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# A note on the replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation

• A replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation is considered. This model provides a natural framework to follow frequencies of species that are distributed in the space. For this model, analogues to classical notions of the Nash equilibrium and evolutionary stable state are provided. A sufficient condition for a uniform stationary state to be a spatially distributed evolutionary stable state is presented and illustrated with examples.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K57, 35B35, 91A22; Secondary: 92D25.

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