Qualitative structures near a degenerate fixed point of a discrete ratio-dependent predator-prey system (Q6550192)

The authors consider a ratio-dependent predator-prey model that can be written as\N\[\N\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} x_{k+1}=x_ke^{m\beta(1-x_k-\mu_2y_k)},\\\Ny_{k+1}=y_ke^{n\alpha(1-\mu_1x_k-y_k)}, \end{array} \right.\N\]\Nwhose degenerate fixed point \((1,0)\) has eigenvalues \(\pm1\) if and only if \(\mu_1=1\) and \(m\beta=2\).\NBy the use of the associated normal form, Picard iteration and Taken's theorem, the discrete model is transformed into an ordinary differential system. Then some blow-up techniques are used to investigate the stability and the qualitative structures near the degenerate fixed point.