Multiple limit cycles in an immune system
Predator-prey model in immunology in which the replication of antigens requires some kind of nutrient is important in understanding the dynamics of immune response systems. Such systems may exhibit nonlinear oscillatory phenomena which correspond to the cycles in mathematical models. The authors analyze an immune response system first proposed by \textit{X. C. Huang} [Int. J. Syst. Sci. 22, No.~3, 579--585 (1991; Zbl 0751.92009)], and show that it has at least three limit cycles, which is in contrast with the uniqueness of limit cycles of the latter. The conditions for multiple limit cycles are useful in analyzing the nonlinear oscillation in immune response. The mathematics is quite robust, but the manuscript is not carefully edited.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5322522