Lotka-Volterra Model. The following Lotka-Volterra equations are a Kolmogorovtype model of predator-prey relationships for interacting populations, e.g. hosts and parasites, yeasts and sugars, sharks and surfers. x˙1​=p1​x1​−p2​x1​x2​x˙2​=p3​x2​+p1​p4​x1​x2​​x1​(0)=x10​x2​(0)=x20​​ Parameters p1​ to p4​ are constant death and birth rates; x1​ is the host population, x2​ is the parasite population, and the product x1​x2​ represents the "getting-together" of the two species. a) Find the equilibrium steady state solutions for these equations, [xe​ye​]T=xe​ in terms of the parameters.

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