Oscillations in Population Sizes - From ecology to history

N. L. Komarova, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine

A reader's comment on: Dynamical Feedbacks between Population Growth and Sociopolitical Instability in Agrarian States by Peter Turchin.

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ABSTRACT:
A new mathematical theory is proposed to explain the population size oscillations described in the paper by P. Turchin. The model is based on Turchin's demographic-structural theory and includes the "inertia of war" phenomenon together with the tendency for retribution in military conflicts.