Paper 2, Section II, A

Differential Equations
Part IA, 2011

(a) Find the general real solution of the system of first-order differential equations

x˙=x+μyy˙=μx+y,\begin{aligned} &\dot{x}=x+\mu y \\ &\dot{y}=-\mu x+y, \end{aligned}

where μ\mu is a real constant.

(b) Find the fixed points of the non-linear system of first-order differential equations

x˙=x+yy˙=x+y2x2y\begin{aligned} &\dot{x}=x+y \\ &\dot{y}=-x+y-2 x^{2} y \end{aligned}

and determine their nature. Sketch the phase portrait indicating the direction of motion along trajectories.