Classify the critical points of the plane autonomous system corresponding to the second order non-linear differential equation $$ddot{x} + u(x^2 - 1)dot{x} + x = 0.$$
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We can do this by introducing a new variable, let's call it y, which represents the derivative of x with respect to t. So, we have the following system of first-order differential equations: dx/dt = y dy/dt = ±1 + x Now, let's find the critical points of this Show more…
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