Negative Spectrum of Non-local Operators with Periodic Potential

Abstract

The paper deals with spectral analysis of non-local operators arising in population dynamics models. We consider negative periodic perturbations of non-local operators of the convolution type. Such operators describe evolutions of the first correlation function in the stochastic birth and death dynamics in the presence of suppression forces that increase mortality. We consider the case when the birth kernel can be non-symmetric and spatially heterogeneous. It has been proven that any negative periodic perturbation of the equilibrium dynamics generator shifts the spectrum to the left half-plane and, consequently, such a perturbation of mortality leads to the population extinction in any dimension.