Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2 (1997), Issue 3-4, Pages 207-226
doi:10.1155/S1085337597000353
Local existence for a general model of size-dependent population dynamics
Nobuyuki Kato
and Hiroyuki Torikata
Department of Mathematics, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504, Japan
Abstract
We shall investigate a size structured population dynamics with aging and birth functions having general forms. The growth rate we deal with depends not only on the size but also on time. We show the existence of a local solution and continuous dependence on the initial data, which shows the uniqueness of the solution as well.