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Eliane R. Rodrigues1<sup>∗</sup>, Mario H. Tarumoto2 and Guadalupe Tzintzun<sup>3</sup>

1 Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

2 Faculdade de Ciênicas e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil

3 Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Mexico

<sup>∗</sup>Address all correspondence to: eliane@math.unam.mx

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3 Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente

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