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Exercise 101

Avg difficulty 2.5

Show that the following systems have no closed trajectories.

  1. x′=x+y2,y′=y+x2x'=x+y^2,\quad y'=y+x^2,
  2. x′=−xsin⁡2(y),y′=exx'=-x\sin^2(y),\quad y'=e^x,
  3. x′=xy2,y′=x+x2x'=xy^2,\quad y'=x+x^2.

Lebl, Notes on Diffy Qs, §8.4 Limit cycles, exercise 101

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