Conjecture on oscillations and coexistence in the two-sex predator-prey branching process

Let {(Zn,Z~n)}nN0\{(Z_n,\widetilde{Z}_n)\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}_0} be a PP-2SDDBPO, with total population variables TnT_n and T~n\widetilde{T}_n, parameter μ\mu, and positive initial values i,j>0i,j>0. Oscillation and coexistence conjecture. For any initial values i,j>0i,j>0,

P(i,j)({lim infnT~nTnμ<lim supnT~nTn}{Tn,T~n})=0.P_{(i,j)}\left(\left\{\liminf_{n\to\infty}\frac{\widetilde{T}_n}{T_n}\leq \mu<\limsup_{n\to\infty}\frac{\widetilde{T}_n}{T_n}\right\}\cap\{T_n\to\infty,\widetilde{T}_n\to\infty\}\right)=0.

Moreover, if ρ2αm>ρ~2α~m~\rho_2\alpha m>\tilde{\rho}_2\tilde{\alpha}\widetilde{m}, then

P(i,j)({lim infnT~nTn>μ}{Tn,T~n})=0,P_{(i,j)}\left(\left\{\liminf_{n\to\infty}\frac{\widetilde{T}_n}{T_n}>\mu\right\}\cap\{T_n\to\infty,\widetilde{T}_n\to\infty\}\right)=0,

and in particular

P(i,j)(Tn,T~n)=0.P_{(i,j)}(T_n\to\infty,\widetilde{T}_n\to\infty)=0.

The conjecture formalizes simulation-based expectations that the oscillation phase cannot persist indefinitely and that, when the predator growth parameter exceeds the prey growth parameter, coexistence has probability zero.

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Cristina Gutierrez and Carmen Minuesa, “A two-sex branching process with oscillations: application to predator-prey systems”, arXiv:2101.11658 (2021).

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