Paper 1, Section I, D
Part II, 2010
Consider the 2-dimensional flow
where and are non-negative, the parameters and are strictly positive and . Sketch the nullclines in the plane. Deduce that for (where is to be determined) there are three fixed points. Find them and determine their type.
Sketch the phase portrait for and identify, qualitatively on your sketch, the stable and unstable manifolds of the saddle point. What is the final outcome of this system?