Title: Persistence, competition, evolution: The game of movement
Speaker: Yuan Lou
Abstract: Organisms exploit resources to persist, compete with other organisms for survival, and sometimes evolve themselves to adapt to changing environment. In this talk several partial differential equation models from spatial ecology will be discussed, aiming to understand the role of movement in population dynamics. The mathematical findings, partly based on game theoretic approach, are closely related with the biological theory of ideal free distribution.
Note: This is part of the Invitations to Mathematics lecture series given each year in Autumn Semester. Pre-candidacy PhD students can sign up for this lecture series by registering for one or two credit hours of Math 6193 with Professor Henri Moscovici.