Stability of equilibria in quantitative genetic models based on modified-gradient systems

Abstract: Motivated by questions in biology, we investigate the stability of equilibria of the dynamical system

m a t h b f x^{p r i m e} = P (t) a b l a f (x)

which arise as critical points of

f

, under the assumption that

P (t)

is positive semi-definite. It is shown that the condition

i n t^{i n f t y} l a m b d a_{1} (P (t)) d t = i n f t y

, where

l a m b d a_{1} (P (t))

is the smallest eigenvalue of

P (t)

, plays a key role in guaranteeing uniform asymptotic stability and in providing information on the basis of attraction of those equilibria.

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