Relationships between the delayed chemostat and the delayed logistic equation

TL;DR

This paper investigates the relationship between the delayed chemostat model and the delayed logistic equation, analyzing their qualitative properties and clarifying the extent to which the logistic model simplifies the chemostat.

Contribution

It provides a detailed comparison of the delayed chemostat and logistic equations, highlighting differences in their qualitative properties and clarifying their relationship.

Findings

Global properties of the delayed chemostat are well-understood.

Qualitative properties of the delayed logistic equation are less clear.

The relationship between the delayed chemostat and logistic models is more complex than in the non-delayed case.

Abstract

The logistic equation is often considered as a simplification of the chemostat (Kooi, Boer, Kooijman (1998)). However, the global qualitative properties of the delayed single species chemostat are completely known, see e. g. Smith (2011). Such properties still remain open for the delayed logistic equation, see e. g. B{\'{a}}nheley, Czendes, Kristin, and Neymaier (2014) despite that they have been announced a long time ago (Wright (1955)). We may therefore ask whether the logistic equation really is a simplification and what information about the chemostat actually is contained. We discuss the links between these equations and conclude that they are less clear in the delayed case than they are in the non-delayed case. We keep the presentation as elementary as possible.