Global stability for two-species Lotka-Volterra systems with delay (Q1359619)

Consider the differential-delay system \[ {dx_1(t) \over dt} =x_1(t) \bigl[r_2 +a_{11} x_1(t) +a_{12} x_2(t-\tau_{12}) \bigr], \] \[ {dx_2(t) \over dt} =x_2(t) \bigl[r_2+ a_{21} x_1 (t-\tau_{21})+a_{22} x_2(t) \bigr] \] with initial conditions \(x_i(t)= \Phi_i(t) \geq 0\) for \(t\in [\tau_0,0]\), \(\Phi_i (0)>0\), \(i=1,2\), \(\tau_0= \max \{\tau_{ij}\}\). By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov functional the authors prove that the Lotka-Volterra system is globally stable for all \(\tau_{12}\), \(\tau_{21}\geq 0\) if and only if the weakly diagonally dominant condition holds: \(a_{11} >0\), \(a_{22} <0\), \(-a_{12} a_{21} \geq a_{11} a_{22}\), and \(a_{12} a_{21} <a_{11} a_{22}\) if \(a_{12} a_{21}<0\).