Paper 2, Section II, 6 A6 \mathrm{~A}

Differential Equations
Part IA, 2013

Consider the function

f(x,y)=(x2y4)(1x2y4)f(x, y)=\left(x^{2}-y^{4}\right)\left(1-x^{2}-y^{4}\right)

Determine the type of each of the nine critical points.

Sketch contours of constant f(x,y)f(x, y).