An eigenvalue problem related to cell growth (Q1077346)

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    An eigenvalue problem related to cell growth (English)
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    The author describes in detail a linear model for the dynamics of a reproducing population which is structured according to ''size'' x and which reproduces by division into two daughters of equal size. The main question dealt with is that of the existence of a strictly dominant eigenvalue (whose existence is known, from earlier work, to determine the large-time t behavior of the population density). The main conclusion is that the existence of such an eigenvalue depends heavily on the growth rate \(g(x)=dx/dt.\) The paper is rather long and technical. The key points are a conversion of the eigenvalue problem into an integral equation and the use of results from the theory of positive operators on Banach spaces.
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    cell growth
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    reproduction by fission
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    first order hyperbolic
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    partial differential equation
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    linear model
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    dynamics of a reproducing population
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    existence of a strictly dominant eigenvalue
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    integral equation
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    positive operators on Banach spaces
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