Global behaviour of age-dependent logistic population models (Q804506)

An age-dependent population model with a nonlinear logistic term is considered. The assumptions imposed on the nonlinear term are common: \(f(0)=0\), \(f(\xi)>0\forall \xi >0\), and f(\(\xi\)) is continuously differentiable. Necessary and sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of a classical solution of this model are proved. The behavior of the population density distribution when time tends to infinity is studied. It is proved that every solution must have a limit as \(t\to \infty\). Necessary conditions for the boundedness and stability of the solutions are presented. Emphasis is given to the behaviour of the total population N(t). Finally, it is proved that no periodic solution exists and no oscillation is possible for the total population N(t) about its equilibrium solution.