Codimension-Two Bifurcations of Fixed Points in a Class of Discrete Prey-Predator Systems

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</svg>. The boundaries consist of LP<sup>16</sup> and PD<sup>16</sup> curves.</table>

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Figure 15

Figure 15: Codimension-Two Bifurcations of Fixed Points in a Class of Discrete Prey-Predator Systems 