Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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380 LESSON 34. CRITICAL POINTS Figure 34.2: Topology of critical points as determined by the trace and determinant of a linear (or linearized) system. Stable Star stable degenerate node determinant unstable degenerate node Unstable Star =T 2 /4 T/2 Stable Spiral =±i Sinks (>0, T0) T/2 Stable Node =0 Singular Matrices Non-isolated fixed points T/2 Unstable Node T (trace) Saddles (

381 Distinct Real Nonzero Eigenvalues of the Same Sign If T 2 > 4∆ > 0 both eigenvalues will be real and distinct. Repeated eigenvalues are excluded because T 2 ≠ 4∆. IfT > 0, both eigenvalues will both be positive, while if T < 0 both eigenvalues will be negative (note that T = 0 does not fall into this category). The solution is given by (34.48); A and B are determined by initial conditions. The special case A = B = 0 occurs only whenx(t 0 ) = y(t 0 ) = 0, which gives the isolated critical point at the origin. For nonzero initial conditions, the solution will be a linear combination of the two eigensolutions y 1 = ve λ1t (34.50) y 2 = we λ2t (34.51) By convention we will choose λ 1 to be the larger of the two eigenvalues in magnitude; then we will call the directions parallel to v and vthe fast eigendirection and the slow eigendirection, respectively. If both eigenvalues are positive, every solution becomes unbounded as t → ∞ (because e λit → ∞ as t → ∞) and approaches the origin as t → −∞ (because e λit → 0 as t → −∞), and the origin is called a source, repellor, or unstable node. If both eigenvalues are negative, the situation is reversed: every solution approaches the origin in positive time, as t → ∞, because e λit → 0 as t → ∞, and diverges in negative time as t → −∞ (because e λit → ∞ at t → −∞), and the origin is called a sink, attractor, or stable node. The names stable node and unstable node arise from the dynamical systems interpretation: a particle that is displaced an arbitrarily small distance away from the origin will move back towards the origin if it is a stable node, and will move further away from the origin if it is an unstable node. Despite the fact that the trajectories approach the origin either as t → ∞ or t → −∞, the only trajectory that actually passes through the origin is the isolated (single point) trajectory at the origin. Thus the only trajectory that passes through the origin is the one with A = B = 0. To see this consider the following. For a solution to intersect the origin at a time t would require Ave λ1t + Bwe λ2t = 0 (34.52)

380 LESSON 34. CRITICAL POINTS<br />

Figure 34.2: Topology of critical po<strong>in</strong>ts as determ<strong>in</strong>ed by the trace and<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ant of a l<strong>in</strong>ear (or l<strong>in</strong>earized) system.<br />

Stable Star<br />

stable<br />

degenerate node<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ant<br />

unstable<br />

degenerate node<br />

Unstable Star<br />

=T 2 /4<br />

<br />

T/2<br />

Stable Spiral<br />

=±i <br />

S<strong>in</strong>ks<br />

(>0, T0)<br />

T/2<br />

<br />

Stable Node<br />

=0 S<strong>in</strong>gular Matrices<br />

Non-isolated fixed po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />

T/2<br />

Unstable Node<br />

T (trace)<br />

Saddles (

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