Global stability in periodic competitive systems (Q2572149)

The author studies the nonautonomous system of differential equations \[ u_1'=u_1(a_1(t)-b_{11}(t)u_1-b_{12}(t)u_2),\quad u_2'=u_2(a_2(t)-b_{21}(t)u_1-b_{22}(t)u_2), \] which is called a Lotka-Volterra system for two competing species. Such systems arise naturally in population biology. The coefficients \(a_i(t),\;b_{ij}(t),\;i,j=1,2,\) are assumed to be continuous, positive and \(T\)-periodic. It is shown that if the coefficients satisfy certain average conditions then a positive periodic solution exists and is globally asymptotically stable in \(\mathbb R_+^2.\)