Symmetries, Lagrangians and conservation laws of an Easter Island population model

DOI10.3390/SYM7031613MaRDI QIDQ2406237zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors M. C. Nucci, Giampaolo Sanchini

Publication date 27 September 2017

Published in Symmetry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/sym7031613

zbMATH Keywords

Easter Island populationJacobi last multiplierLagrangiansLie group analysisNoether's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie algebras and superalgebras to integrable systems (17B80) Symmetries, invariants of ordinary differential equations (34C14) Symmetries, Lie group and Lie algebra methods for problems in mechanics (70G65) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

Review text

Summary: \textit{B. Basener} and \textit{D. S. Ross} [SIAM J. Appl. Math. 65, No. 2, 684--701 (2005; Zbl 1068.92037)] proposed a mathematical model that describes the dynamics of growth and sudden decrease in the population of Easter Island. We have applied Lie group analysis to this system and found that it can be integrated by quadrature if the involved parameters satisfy certain relationships. We have also discerned hidden linearity. Moreover, we have determined a Jacobi last multiplier and, consequently, a Lagrangian for the general system and have found other cases independently and dependently on symmetry considerations in order to construct a corresponding variational problem, thus enabling us to find conservation laws by means of Noether's theorem. A comparison with the qualitative analysis given by Basener and Ross is provided.

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