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The '''replicator dynamics''' are the canonical differential equations of [[Evolutionary Dynamics|evolutionary dynamics]], describing how the frequencies of competing types in a population change under selection pressure. Formulated by Taylor and Jonker in 1978, the equation states that a type's per-capita growth rate equals its fitness excess over the population mean — a deceptively simple rule that produces equilibria, limit cycles, and chaos on the population simplex. The replicator dynamics are mathematically equivalent to the Lotka-Volterra equations of ecology, suggesting that competition between biological species and competition between behavioral strategies are instances of the same underlying dynamical grammar. Extensions incorporating mutation, spatial structure, and [[Adaptive Dynamics|adaptive dynamics]] with continuous strategy spaces have broadened the framework far beyond its original game-theoretic context.

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