A3.6 B3.4
(i) Define a hyperbolic fixed point of a flow determined by a differential equation where and is (i.e. differentiable). State the Hartman-Grobman Theorem for flow near a hyperbolic fixed point. For nonlinear flows in with a hyperbolic fixed point , does the theorem necessarily allow us to distinguish, on the basis of the linearized flow near between (a) a stable focus and a stable node; and (b) a saddle and a stable node? Justify your answers briefly.
(ii) Show that the system:
has a fixed point on the -axis. Show that there is a bifurcation at and determine the stability of the fixed point for and for .
Make a linear change of variables of the form , where and are constants to be determined, to bring the system into the form:
and hence determine whether the periodic orbit produced in the bifurcation is stable or unstable, and whether it exists in or .