Linearization, critical points, and equilibria
Locating equilibria of autonomous nonlinear systems and approximating the flow near each one with the Jacobian matrix to sketch the local phase portrait.
3 exercises
Exercise 101
Find the critical points and linearizations of the following systems.
- , ,
- , ,
- , .
Exercise 103
The idea of critical points and linearization works in higher dimensions as well. You simply make the Jacobian matrix bigger by adding more functions and more variables. For the following system of 3 equations find the critical points and their linearizations:
Exercise 104
Any two-dimensional non-autonomous system , can be written as a three-dimensional autonomous system (three equations). Write down this autonomous system using the variables , , .
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