Integrated Exercises: Phase Planes, Linearization, and Stability
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1Exercise Strategy
These exercises use eigenvalues, eigendirections, Jordan structure, and time orientation to describe phase portraits. Distinguish the complete criterion for an exact linear system from the local linearization theorem for a nonlinear system.
2Problem 1
For
find the eigenvalues and eigendirections, and describe the stable direction, unstable direction, and time orientation of the orbits.
2.1Sample Answer
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The eigenvalues are and . Corresponding eigenvectors are and . The general solution is
On , solutions approach the origin as time increases; on , they depart from it. When , a general orbit is asymptotic to the stable direction in backward time and to the unstable direction in forward time.