An asymptotic stability result for scalar delayed population models (Q4452207)

The author considers the scalar functional-differential equation (SFDE) \[ \frac{dx(t)}{dt} =(1+x(t))F(t,x_{t}),\quad t\geq 0,\;x_{0} =\varphi ,\quad\varphi \in C_{-1}, \] where \(F :[0,\infty )\times C([-r,0];\mathbb R)\to \mathbb R\) is continuous and \[ C_{\alpha}:=\{\varphi \in C([-r,0];\mathbb R):\varphi (\theta )\geq \alpha \text{ for }\theta \in [ -r,0)\text{ and }\varphi (0)>\alpha \text{ for }\alpha \in \mathbb R\}. \] This equation usually appears in population dynamics as a general scalar delayed population model \(\frac{dy(t)}{dt}=y(t)f(t,y_{t}),\;t\geq 0\), is presented as an example. The author establishes criteria for the boundedness of solutions of the equation SFDE, and for the global asymptotic stability of the equation without assuming that the zero-solution is a solution. A result of \textit{J. A. Yorke} [J. Differ. Equations 7, 189--202 (1970; Zbl 0184.12401)] is revisited.