Stability and Hopf bifurcation of a modified predator-prey model with a time delay and square root response function

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a two-dimensional predator-prey model with a time delay and square root response function. We analyze the stability of equilibria with the delay τ increasing and the critical value of τ when Hopf bifurcation occurs. Because the model has the term of square root, the zero point is a singularity. In order to clearly study the stability of the zero point, we rescale the variable x(t), say x(t)=X^{2}(t). The conclusion is that the zero point is not stable and the instability is not affected by the delay τ. We apply the normal form method and center manifold theorem to obtain the direction and stability of the Hopf bifurcation. Finally, we make several numerical simulations which is consistent with the conclusion of theoretical analysis.