On a notion of linear replicator equations (Q2570978)

The authors show that replicator equations follow from the exponential affine structure of the simplex known from information geometry. It is then natural to call replicator equations linear if their fitness function is affine. For such linear replicator equations, an explicit solution can be found. The approach is demonstrated for the example of Eigen's hypercycle, where some new analytic results are obtained using the explicit solution.