Complete chaos in a simple epidemiological model (Q1069887)
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Complete chaos in a simple epidemiological model (English)
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1986
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A first-order difference equation which constitutes a simple model for a lethal parasite-host interaction is studied. Completing a study initiated by \textit{R. M. May} and \textit{R. M. Anderson} [Epidemiology and genetics in the coevolution of parasites and hosts. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 219, 281-313 (1983)], the dynamics are shown to be completely chaotic.
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chaos
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differential inequality
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epidemiology
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lethal parasite-host interaction
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