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Past exam of the flows, fluctuations and complexity course of the University of Oxford 2016 3 a Solution by
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For , the equilibrium points satisfy , so for every integer . The derivative of the vector field is . ThusBetween an odd multiple and the next even multiple the sine is negative, so the flow points right; between that even multiple and the next odd multiple it points left. A compact phase-line sketch isEvery initial condition strictly between two adjacent repelling points approaches the even multiple between them. The repelling equilibria themselves remain fixed if initialized exactly there.
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