OOS 82-2
Nonautonomous systems: Mathematical properties and ecological applications

Friday, August 14, 2015: 8:20 AM
310, Baltimore Convention Center
Ying Wang, Mathematics, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Yiqi Luo, Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Alan Hastings, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Martin Rasmussen, Mathematics, Imperial College London
Yingping Wang, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Victoria 3195, Australia
Background/Question/Methods

In mathematics, a non-autonomous system is a system of ordinary differential equations with the right hand side depending on the independent variable (typically time t) explicitly. In this talk, I will show some important Mathematical properties of non-autonomous systems, and the role these properties play in ecological applications. In particular, a terrestrial carbon cycle model recently proposed by Luo et al is a non-autonomous system. I will extend the Mathematical analysis to this model.

Results/Conclusions

I will derive the instantaneous steady state solution and the global attractor, and the conditions under which, these two converge to each other. Some numerical results will be given to demonstrate the prediction of the terrestrial carbon cycle, based on the global attractor.