Solve a system of two differential equations symbolically

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Good evening, I'm trying to solve this system of two differential equations:
where r_x, r_y, alpha and beta are positive real parameters, by using this code:
syms x(t) y(t) rx ry alpha beta
ode1 = diff(x) == rx*x*(1-alpha*y);
ode2 = diff(y) == ry*y*(beta*x);
odes = [ode1; ode2];
S = dsolve(odes)
xSol(t) = S.x
ySol(t) = S.y
When I run the script, MATLAB returns me the following error:
Warning: Unable to find symbolic solution.
> In dsolve (line 216)
In [Name of the script] (line 59)
S =
[ empty sym ]
Dot indexing is not supported for variables of this type.
Error in sym/subsref (line 898)
R_tilde = builtin('subsref',L_tilde,Idx);
However, from what I've tried, it works if I change the original equations to this form:
and I run the code, but I need to solve the first ones, not these last.
Does anybody know how I can solve it?
Thanks in advance.
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Conrado Santurino
Conrado Santurino on 6 Apr 2020
Edited: Conrado Santurino on 6 Apr 2020
And do you know any other way to solve it symbolically? Because I have used Runge-Kutta 4 integrator to have a numerical solution, but I also need to find the symbolical expression. Thanks.
Torsten
Torsten on 6 Apr 2020
predator-prey equations don't have an analytical solution.

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