Mathematical Formulation
Evolutionarily stable states are frequently used to identify solutions to the replicator equation, given in its linear payoff form by
The state is said to be evolutionarily stable if for all in some neighborhood of
This is similar but distinct from the concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy.
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